# NTSB WPR23LA248: Found FBA2C, Moses Lake, WA, July 3, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 3, 2023, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Moses Lake, WA
- Coordinates: 47.208583, -119.31913
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2086&lon=-119.3191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192518
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR23LA248
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192518/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192518
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA248

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FOUND FBA2C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 54
- Year built: 2005
- Airframe hours: 766
- Engines: 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

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 59; injuries: none; 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
- Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 2, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192518. 2.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15798049&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 218 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15811831&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%201-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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