American Legend AL3 N156WB
25 February 2014 · Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 25 February 2014 at about 15:45 local time, a American Legend AL3 registered N156WB, operated by Mhoc LLC, was involved in an accident near Gulf Shores, Alabama, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 15:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States
- Nearest airport
- Gulf Shores (JKA)
- Coordinates
- 30.2692, -87.7009
- Aircraft
- American Legend AL3
- Registration
- N156WB
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2012
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Mhoc LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Pensacola → Gulf Shores
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA14CA134
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's incorrect rudder input, which resulted in a ground loop and collision with a runway sign.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the flight instructor, he and the student pilot flew to a local airport to practice touch and go landings and takeoffs. The student pilot flew the traffic pattern uneventfully, and during the final approach to land, the airspeed was excessive. The airplane touched down, and bounced back into the air; the student pilot regained control of the airplane, and touched down in the proper landing attitude. During the landing roll the airplane began to drift to the right, and the flight instructor called out for left rudder input while engaging the left rudder pedal. According to the student pilot, he initiated more right rudder pedal force and caused the airplane to ground loop. The airplane struck a runway sign and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. Both pilots reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other American Legend AL3 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2014 | American Legend AL3 | Mulino, Oregon, United States | Takacs John DO | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 2013 | American Legend AL3 | Rexburg, Idaho, United States | Roy S. Webster | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 2016 | American Legend AL3 | Elberta, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 2016 | American Legend AL3 | Sedona, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 2016 | American Legend AL3 | San Diego, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 2012 | American Legend AL3 | Rexburg, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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