American Legend AL3 N102PJ

Summary

On 2 January 2011 at about 15:00 local time, a American Legend AL3 registered N102PJ, operated by Shell Air LLC, was involved in an accident near McKinney, 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.

Date

2 January 2011 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

McKinney, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Aero Country (T31)

Coordinates

33.2083, -96.7419

Aircraft

American Legend AL3

Registration

N102PJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Shell Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McKinney → McKinney

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA142

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's loss of directional control during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was performing a landing when the airplane bounced several times before he lost control of the airplane. The airplane veered to the right and departed the runway. As the airplane continued through the grass, the right wing contacted a construction sign and impacted a ditch, coming to rest inverted. An eyewitness reported that the tailwheel never fully contacted the ground prior to departing the runway. No preimpact anomalies were reported by the pilot.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.