- Date
- July 3, 2023, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CFXRBFound FBA2C
- 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
- GEG FSDO
- Case key
- 192518
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
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 instructor of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported a left crosswind during the landing approach. The pilot receiving instruction executed a 3-point landing and the tailwheel bounced twice. The instructor told the student to “pin the tail” by applying full aft elevator. The airplane deviated right of runway centerline and the pilot corrected with left rudder. The airplane crossed the centerline to the left and did not respond to full right rudder and heavy right braking. The airplane ground looped to the left sustaining substantial damage to the right wing and right horizontal stabilizer and elevator. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFXRB
- Reported as
- Found FBA2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 54
- Built
- 2005
- Airframe hours
- 766
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-L1C5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- AngelOne Canada
- Registered owner
- AngelOne Canada
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 2023 · 1.5 hours before
- Departed
- CYVK · Vernon, BC, OF
- Destination
- MWH · Moses Lake, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MWH · Grant County, runway 14L, 13,500 × 200 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 8, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 4,850 total · 85 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 8,100 total · 32 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KMWH, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KMWH 031452Z 02003KT 10SM OVC110 20/02 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02000022 51015
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 2, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 MB in all.