- Date
- December 9, 2022, 11:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ · KCGZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N190DKArado-Flugzeugwerke FW190 A-5
- 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
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20221209020959A
- Case key
- 106443
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Findings · 2
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 of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, after executing a normal three-point landing and during the landing roll, the airplane swerved to the left. He attempted corrective action, however the airplane then swerved to the right. The pilot applied brakes, and the airplane ground looped, substantially damaging the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N190DK
- Reported as
- Arado-Flugzeugwerke FW190 A-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1134
- Built
- 1943
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Shvetsov ASCH 82T, 1,900 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · February 10, 2022
- Departed
- KCGZ · Casa Grande, AZ
- Destination
- KCGZ · Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport
- KCGZ · Casa Grande Municipal Airport, runway 05, 5,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 13, 2021
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 5,529 total · 2 in this make and model · 5,488 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 3014.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KCGZ
- METAR
- KCGZ 091656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/07 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP208 T01060067
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 31, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.0 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.
Other investigations on N190DK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.