Stick & Rag Flying Club CB 1 N1030S

Summary

On 5 August 2015 at about 01:15 local time, a Stick & Rag Flying Club CB 1 registered N1030S was involved in an accident near Kingman, Kansas, 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

5 August 2015 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingman, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Kingman Airport - Clyde Cessna (9K8)

Coordinates

37.6703, -98.1258

Aircraft

Stick & Rag Flying Club CB 1

Registration

N1030S

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kingman → Kingman

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA226

Nobody was injured.

The separation of the left wheel from the landing gear assembly during the landing touchdown, which precipitated a loss of directional control, runway excursion, and nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during the landing, the left main landing gear wheel separated from the landing gear assembly. The pilot had made a three point landing, and stated that "I may have hit a deer," because he "saw 5 or more deer on south side of runway centerline," prior to landing. He reported that the "airplane traveled to left side of runway despite brake and full right rudder." The bi-plane departed the left side of the runway and nosed over, sustaining substantial damage to the right wing and both the right and left wing struts. A postaccident examination of photographs of the landing gear provided by the pilot, showed that the wheel separated from the landing gear assembly along a welded joint. There was no evidence of impact prior to the separation. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.