ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150399
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| Date: | Saturday 27 October 2012 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2369 |
| MSN: | DB-1 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 915 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Flying M Ranch Airfield - 7TA7, Reklaw, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mesquite, TX (KHQZ) |
| Reklaw, TX (7TA7) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was landing on a private grass airstrip and that the grass was wet from the previous night’s rain. He stated that the airstrip was not flat and had sections that rolled up and down. He added that the airplane touched down harder than usual, which caused the landing gear to spread outward on the wet grass. The engine’s propeller was then low enough to contact the rising terrain, and the airplane nosed over. A witness reported that the airplane bounced on the runway about three times before the airplane nosed over. The airplane came to rest in the inverted position, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, top wings, and the engine firewall.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a noseover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2012 01:54 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 28-Oct-2012 01:56 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 28-Oct-2012 08:47 | 78Delta | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 31-Oct-2012 14:07 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 13:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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