American Champion (Acac) 8GCBC N186AC

Summary

On 5 January 2007 at about 00:00 local time, a American Champion (Acac) 8GCBC registered N186AC, operated by Thaddeus S Narolski, was involved in an accident near Buckley, Washington, 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.

Date

5 January 2007 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Buckley, Washington, United States

Coordinates

47.1500, -122.0000

Aircraft

American Champion (Acac) 8GCBC

Registration

N186AC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Thaddeus S Narolski

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Puyallup → Buckley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA07CA042

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to release brake pressure soon enough when his airplane skidded from wet grass onto dry terrain during an off-airport, full-stop landing. A factor was the change in terrain from wet grass to dry ground in the landing area.

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

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While landing in an open field covered with wet grass, the airplane's main wheels started to skid when the brakes were applied. When the airplane contacted drier terrain, the increase in braking effectiveness resulted in the tail wheel-equipped airplane nosing over. Although the pilot tried to take remedial action by releasing all brake pressure, he was unable to do so soon enough to keep the airplane from nosing over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.