FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Salt Lake City FSDO-07
NTSB Identification: GAA16CA149
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Brigham City, UT
Probable Cause Approval Date: 06/15/2016
Aircraft: AMERICAN AA 1, registration: N5703L
Injuries: 1 Minor.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll about 60 knots with a "slight" crosswind, he "felt an abrupt" turn to the right, heard a "huge steady scrape" sound, and noted a vibration. Airborne at 65 knots, he reported a strong gust of wind from the left which felt like a quartering tail wind. He reported that he did not believe he had touched back down on the runway after becoming airborne. The pilot then flew the airplane over the airport where a local pilot on the ground reported to him that the nose landing gear was bent.
During the subsequent landing, he reported that he made a soft field type of landing with the main landing gear touching down first. He held the nose landing gear off the ground as long as possible but when the nose landing gear touched down, he had no directional control and he heard a scraping noise. The airplane departed the runway to the right into a ditch and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, left wing, and vertical stabilizer.
The pilot reported that he took off on runway 17 about 1410. The weather observation facility at the accident airport reported that from 1355 to 1415, the wind velocity varied from 13 knots to 15 knots with occasional gusts to 19 knots, and the wind direction varied from 190 to 240 degrees.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Type Certificate Data Sheet, the maximum demonstrated crosswind component for the airplane is 15 miles per hour (13.03 knots).
The FAA has published the Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A (2004). This handbook discusses operations in crosswind conditions and states in part:
Takeoffs and landings in certain crosswind conditions are inadvisable or even dangerous. If the crosswind is great enough to warrant an extreme drift correction, a hazardous landing condition may result. Therefore, the takeoff and landing capabilities with respect to the reported surface wind conditions and the available landing directions must be considered.
It is imperative that pilots determine the maximum crosswind component of each airplane they fly, and avoid operations in wind conditions that exceed the capability of the airplane.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
Loss of directional control during landing, due to nose landing gear damage sustained in the prior takeoff, resulting in a runway excursion and nose over.
A 48-year-old man from Brigham City was attempting to land a Grumman Model AA-1 single-engine aircraft when the tubing that supports the wheel of the front landing gear bent. The pilot radioed in for help, saying something didn't feel quite right.
"We were having a crosswind, so it means you have to land in a special way in order to get the best landing, and he (the pilot) messed it up," said Faris Chebib, who witnessed the incident. "He messed it up on takeoff. It bent his front nose gear, but he didn't know which gear was broken. He just knew something didn't feel right."
"When he came in for landing, when he touched down, it caused him to veer off the runway," said Tyler Pugsley, airport manager/public works director for Brigham City. "Before the plane came to a stop, it flipped over on its top."
Chebib's flight instructor helped talk the pilot in for the landing, and rushed to the plane after it flipped over.
Pugsley said the pilot suffered only minor injuries and was released from the hospital.
The identity of the pilot was not released.
Story and video: http://www.ksl.com
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) The FAA and NTSB are investigating after a crash landing of a single engine plane.
Authorities say a 48-year-old pilot performed a hard landing onto the runway of the Brigham City Airport. This caused the small plane he was flying to flip over.
Fortunately, the pilot suffered only minor injuries in the crash landing.
Story and video: http://www.good4utah.com
(KUTV) A man was treated and released with minor injuries after his plane crashed at the Brigham City airport Saturday.
A 48-year-old pilot flying a Grumman plane was approaching the airport when his front landing gear began having problems, said Tyler Pugsly, Brigham City's public works director and airport manager.
The pilot was the only person in the plane and was not seriously hurt.
Story and video: http://kutv.com
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, March 13 (Gephardt Daily) — A Brigham City man suffered minor injuries Saturday when his small plane flipped over upon landing at the Brigham City Regional Airport.
The 48-year-old pilot was attempting to land at about 2:45 p.m. Saturday when the tubing that supported the front wheel of his aircraft was damaged upon impact.
The bent tubing caused the plane to veer off the runway and flip, Pugsley said.
The pilot was checked out at an area hospital, and was released. The FAA is investigating the crash.
Original article can be found here: http://gephardtdaily.com
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