ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170738
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 October 2014 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk IIA |
| Owner/operator: | Collings Foundation |
| Registration: | N284CF |
| MSN: | 16073 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 99 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison V 1710-33 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (KEVB), New Smyrna Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | New Smyrna Beach, FL (EVB) |
| New Smyrna Beach, FL (EVB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, except for the 1.2 hours of flight time that he had accumulated during two test flights in the accident airplane, which had occurred within the previous 30 days, he had not flown an airplane of the same make and model in about 4 years. The accident flight was the second flight in the airplane since it had been reassembled. The pilot attempted to land the airplane with a 13-knot crosswind. During the landing, the tailwheel “shimmied” when it contacted the runway, and the airplane immediately began to veer right. The pilot attempted to arrest the turn with left rudder and left brake inputs, but the airplane ground looped and subsequently departed the right side of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and lower fuselage. Postaccident examination of the rudder and braking systems revealed no mechanical anomalies or malfunctions that would have caused the loss of directional control.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a ground loop and a subsequent runway excursion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=284CF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1970 | 41-13297 | 19th PSqn /18th PGp USAAF | 0 | Wheeler Field, Oahu, HI | |
sub |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
| 24 January 1942 | 41-13297 | 19th PSqn /18th PGp USAAF | 1 | Koolau Range, Oahu, HI | |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2014 00:14 | Geno | Added |
| 30-Oct-2014 00:19 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 19:29 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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