Cherkas MURPHY REBEL C-GKHN

Summary

On 31 July 2004 at about 22:00 local time, a Cherkas MURPHY REBEL registered C-GKHN was involved in an accident near Dunseith, North Dakota, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

31 July 2004 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dunseith, North Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

International Peace Garden Apt (S28)

Coordinates

48.9978, -100.0433

Aircraft

Cherkas MURPHY REBEL

Registration

C-GKHN

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Little Falls → Dunseith

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI04CA208

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's misjudged speed/distance, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing roll, which resulted in the inadvertent ground-loop.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane ground-looped during landing roll. The pilot reported he performed a three-point landing and continued to rollout straight down the runway for another 200 feet prior to the airplane beginning to drift to the left. The pilot stated he attempted to correct for the drift by applying "full right rudder and brake" but the airplane "would not turn". The pilot reported the airplane departed the runway surface after turning 120-degrees to the left. The pilot stated the airplane transitioned from the runway into a field and came to a stop facing 180-degrees from the runway heading. According to an on-site investigation, the airplane landed on the last third of the 3,000 foot runway and departed the left side of the runway approximately 375 feet from the end of the runway. There were brake skid marks that measured approximately 150 feet leading up to where the airplane departed the runway surface.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.