Pilot Debrief

AMERICAN AVIATION AA1 near Knoxville, TN — 2016-06-23

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Date
2016-06-23
Location
Knoxville, TN, USA
Airport
TN98
Aircraft
AMERICAN AVIATION AA1
Registration
N9341L
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
Serious
Fatalities
0
Phase of flight
Landing

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in a quartering headwind.

NTSB narrative

The private pilot landed the airplane on a 2,100-ft-long, 150-ft-wide turf runway in a 15-knot right quartering headwind and lost control of the airplane after touchdown. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, proceeded in a straight line across a paved taxiway, struck a parked vehicle, and came to rest after impacting a hangar about 800 ft from the approach end of the runway. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation, nor did the pilot report any.

Analysis

Primary failure mode
Loss of control
First missed decision gate
Pilot could have chosen to go around instead of landing.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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Docket documents4

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