- Date
- April 24, 2023, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N92734Oneal J R/Oneal R C EDI Express
- Defining event
- Takeoff: 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
- Case key
- 107122
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff 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 reported that during the takeoff roll, the airplane drifted to the left and he corrected with right brake input. The airplane began drifting left again, and the pilot was unable to correct with right rudder or brake. The airplane briefly became airborne and then landed in the grass to the left of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92734
- Reported as
- Oneal J R/Oneal R C EDI Express
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 166
- Built
- 1996
- Airframe hours
- 652
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-1CA, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · April 19, 2022 · 1 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- TCY · Tracy Muni, runway 30, 4,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Onboard weather, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 42 in this make and model · 662 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KMOD, 23 nm away
- METAR
- KMOD 242053Z 34010G17KT 10SM CLR 26/06 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02610061 58012
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.8 MB in all.