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Bradley MIDGET MUSTANG N11DB

30 March 2001 · Orange, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 March 2001 at about 21:00 local time, a Bradley MIDGET MUSTANG registered N11DB was involved in an accident near Orange, Texas, 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 21:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Orange, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Orange County (ORG)
Coordinates
30.1003, -93.7504
Aircraft
Bradley MIDGET MUSTANG
Registration
N11DB
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Opelousas → Orange
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW01LA092

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions during the landing roll which resulted in a loss of control. A contributing factor was the crosswind condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While landing on runway 4, the tail-wheel equipped homebuilt airplane touched down on all three landing gear at 85 mph. After rolling about 100 feet, the aircraft swerved left, and exited the runway. The pilot applied full right rudder, which had no effect. The airplane traveled through a barbed wire fence before coming to a stop nose down in a "flooded" cow pasture. The wind at the time of the accident was from 320 degrees at 8 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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