Aviat A-1C-180 N7ZR

Summary

On 15 January 2013 at about 19:00 local time, a Aviat A-1C-180 registered N7ZR, operated by Samuel A. Ballow, was involved in an accident near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 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 January 2013 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Upper Sandusky, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Wyandot County Airport (K56D)

Coordinates

40.8833, -83.3144

Aircraft

Aviat A-1C-180

Registration

N7ZR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Samuel A. Ballow

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bucyrus → Upper Sandusky

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13CA136

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in gusty crosswind conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings on runway 36. While on his third approach after making two landings, he noticed that the windsock was now favoring runway 18 and that the wind was gusting. He performed a go-around and made an approach to runway 18. After a conventional (tailwheel) landing, the airplane’s left wing started to rise and the tail swung to the right. The pilot applied left rudder, but the tail continued to the right. The right main gear buckled and the right wing struck the runway. The wing was crushed from the strut to the tip. The pilot did not report any preaccident malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.