Pilot Debrief

AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A 1B near Cypress, TX — 2013-11-15

Final reportCEN14CA061
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Date
2013-11-15
Location
Cypress, TX, USA
Airport
T51
Aircraft
AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A 1B
Registration
N721DL
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain control during landing which resulted in an impact with the runway surface.

NTSB narrative

The pilot was making a wheel landing to a smooth dry grass runway in a tail-wheel equipped airplane. Immediately after touchdown the nose began to pitch down and the pilot's corrective inputs were unsuccessful. The propeller contacted the ground, the tail came up, and the airplane flipped and came to rest inverted. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the left wing, left strut, left aileron, vertical fin and rudder. The pilot reported that he did not react quickly enough to the downward pitching attitude.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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Docket documents1

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