Perth Amboy BIRD BK N727Y

Summary

On 20 August 2013 at about 18:00 local time, a Perth Amboy BIRD BK registered N727Y was involved in an accident near Zanesville, 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

20 August 2013 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Zanesville, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Parr Airport (42I)

Coordinates

40.0069, -82.0122

Aircraft

Perth Amboy BIRD BK

Registration

N727Y

Category

Airplane

Year built

1930

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cumberland → Zanesville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA497

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 pilot reported that he intentionally taxied the airplane off the runway after landing to preserve the tires on the antique airplane due to a rough runway surface. The airplane subsequently encountered an unmarked drainage ditch. A postaccident examination showed that the airplane departed the right side of the runway about 150 feet from the approach end and traveled through a 40-foot-wide area of closely mowed grass, striking a runway light in the process. The airplane continued into an area of 1-foot-tall vegetation until it impacted the drainage ditch about 500 feet from the approach end of the runway. An examination of the runway did not reveal an excessively rough surface. The occurrence of the runway excursion within 150 feet of touching down and then the airplane traveling 500 feet after exiting the runway is consistent with airplane having significant speed at the time of the excursion, rather than an exit onto the grass under controlled conditions. The pilot likely lost directional control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway, striking the runway light, and impacting into the ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.