De Havilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A N8872

Summary

On 23 July 2011 at about 15:15 local time, a De Havilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A registered N8872, operated by Owls Head Transportation Museum, was involved in an accident near Rockland, Maine, 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

23 July 2011 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Rockland, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Knox County (RKD)

Coordinates

44.0600, -69.0861

Aircraft

De Havilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A

Registration

N8872

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Owls Head Transportation Museum

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rockland → Rockland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11CA420

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain a proper approach path during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was landing at the conclusion of a local flight. As the airplane passed over the runway threshold the airplane's main landing gear contacted high grass. The airplane nosed over and impacted the runway inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and both left and right top wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident, and that the accident could have been prevented by conducting a higher approach to landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.