- Date
- June 5, 2021, 15:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Oceano, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733JJabiru USA Sport J230-SP
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210605011919A
- Case key
- 103515
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control after landing fast and hard which damaged the right main landing gear wheel pant which lodged under the wheel.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during landing the airplane’s speed was too fast and it landed hard. The right main landing gear wheel pant became lodged under the right main landing gear tire, and the pilot applied the single lever hand brake. The unobstructed left tire created a pivot point, and the right tire slid on top of the fiberglass wheel pant until eroded, precipitating a loss of directional control. The airplane veered left, exited the left side of the runway, and nosed over substantially damaging the left wing and fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733J
- Reported as
- Jabiru USA Sport J230-SP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 704
- Built
- 2011
- Airframe hours
- 468
- Engine
- Jabiru 3300A, 120 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ticknor Family Truck LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 25, 2020
- Departed
- SMX · Santa Maria, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- L52 · Oceano County, runway 11/29, 2,325 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 10, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 182 total · 45 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KL52
- METAR
- METAR KL52 052255Z AUTO VRB05KT 4SM HZ CLR 16/12 A2995 RMK A01=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 14, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.