Aviat A 1B N721DL

Summary

On 15 November 2013 at about 19:40 local time, a Aviat A 1B registered N721DL was involved in an accident near Cypress, 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

15 November 2013 at 19:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Cypress, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Dan Jones Intl (T51)

Coordinates

30.0428, -95.6672

Aircraft

Aviat A 1B

Registration

N721DL

Category

Airplane

Year built

2003

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cypress → Cypress

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN14CA061

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control during landing which resulted in an impact with the runway surface.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was making a wheel landing to a smooth dry grass runway in a tail-wheel equipped airplane. Immediately after touchdown the nose began to pitch down and the pilot's corrective inputs were unsuccessful. The propeller contacted the ground, the tail came up, and the airplane flipped and came to rest inverted. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the left wing, left strut, left aileron, vertical fin and rudder. The pilot reported that he did not react quickly enough to the downward pitching attitude.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.