Gick AEROCOMP CA6WB N8181L
18 November 2000 · White Post, Virginia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 November 2000 at about 15:41 local time, a Gick AEROCOMP CA6WB registered N8181L, operated by Leon Stoman, was involved in an accident near White Post, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:41
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- White Post, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- White Post (3VA7)
- Coordinates
- 39.0625, -78.0911
- Aircraft
- Gick AEROCOMP CA6WB
- Registration
- N8181L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Leon Stoman
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Winchester → White Post
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- IAD01LA014
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight. Also causal in the accident was the under-inflated tire that flattened and locked during landing, and collapsed the nose landing gear.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The homebuilt airplane touched down on the turf runway, the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed over. Both the pilot and the witness stated the main gear touched down first, then the nose gear. The pilot said the nose tire appeared to lock during the landing, but was free to rotate after the accident. Disassembly of the nose gear revealed the threaded end of the wheel-pant mount screw on the right side rested 1/8 of an inch from the sidewall of the tire. Circumferential scoring of the tire was noted directly across from the screw. The swiveling attach point for the wheel mount was forward of the tire. The distance from the swivel-mount bolt to the ground was 4 inches. The distance from the bottom of the wheel rim to the tire's contact patch was 4 inches. Tire pressure was measured at 11 psi. According to a vendor for the tire manufacturer, the tire pressure recommended for the nose-wheel tire was 50 psi.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2000 | Wood SEAWIND 3000 | Cumberland Gap, Virginia, United States | Daniel J. Wood | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Apr 2000 | Mooney M20J | Norton, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
| 3 Jun 2000 | Schweizer 269-C1 | Chesapeake, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Nov 2000 | Cessna 172L | Winchester, Virginia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 2000 | Cessna 337C | Chesapeake, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Aug 2000 | Piper PA-18-105 | Lynchburg, Virginia, United States | Lawrence C. Spath | No injuries | - |