Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR N721R

Summary

On 8 June 2012 at about 17:30 local time, a Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR registered N721R, operated by Roger Parshall, was involved in an accident near Norwalk, Ohio, 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.

Date

8 June 2012 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Norwalk, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Norwald-Huron County (K5A1)

Coordinates

41.2447, -82.5511

Aircraft

Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR

Registration

N721R

Category

Airplane

Year built

1942

Engines

1

Operator

Roger Parshall

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Middleton → Norwalk

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA369

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, upon touchdown, the tailwheel-equipped airplane's right brake "locked up" and the airplane then veered off the right side of the runway. The airplane struck a 3-foot-wide drainage ditch about 66 feet from the edge of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The examination of the accident site revealed runway skid marks and a wingtip scrape, which indicated that the right wheel was not on the ground until shortly before it contacted the ditch. The right brake successfully passed the acceptance test procedure with no visual indication of fluid leakage around the piston. The pilot had 997 total flight hours with 1 hour logged in the accident airplane. The accident flight was the first flight he had in the airplane, and it was his first landing in the accident airplane. The surface weather observation at an airport located about 18 nautical miles from the accident site indicated the wind was 320 degrees at 9 knots. The airplane landed on the runway at 280 degrees, which indicates that a 6-knot crosswind existed at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.