De Havilland DHC2 N258PA

Summary

On 12 April 2009 at about 13:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC2 registered N258PA, operated by Clemente Motor Inc, was involved in an accident near Plattsburgh, New York, 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

12 April 2009 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Plattsburgh, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Plattsburgh International (PBG)

Coordinates

44.6506, -73.4675

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC2

Registration

N258PA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Clemente Motor Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Placid → Plattsburgh

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09LA244

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper application of brakes during the landing rollout.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot, seated in the left seat, was performing touch-and-go practice in the tailwheel-equipped airplane and had just performed a short-field landing and takeoff. Upon landing again, the pilot began to apply braking to the airplane. The owner/pilot-rated passenger, seated in the right seat, felt the "tail coming off the ground" and applied full back pressure on the control column. As the owner informed the pilot to "get off the brakes," the pilot applied more toe brake pressure, causing the tail of the airplane to rise and the propeller to strike the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the right wing aft attachment point was fractured. Metallurgical examination revealed that the right wing failed in forward bending due to an overstress event; the most likely source of the overstress was the propeller strike.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.