Edson Robert W PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER N53WE
21 June 2012 · Point Lookout, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 June 2012 at about 13:00 local time, a Edson Robert W PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER registered N53WE, operated by Edson Robert Wayne, was involved in an accident near Point Lookout, Missouri, 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 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Point Lookout, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- M. Graham Clark-Taney Co. (KPLK)
- Coordinates
- 36.6261, -93.2289
- Aircraft
- Edson Robert W PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER
- Registration
- N53WE
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Edson Robert Wayne
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Flight Test
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Point Lookout → Point Lookout
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN12CA399
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a ground-loop.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
On the fourth landing of a test flight, the airplane made a hard, full-stall landing and began drifting to the right. The pilot applied left rudder pedal to arrest the drift, and the airplane ground looped 180 degrees to the left. The pilot applied right rudder to stop the left swing but to no avail. The right main landing gear went off the side of the runway and down a 2-foot dropoff. The right wing tip struck the ground, breaking the wing tip and front and rear wing spars. The airplane came to rest off the side of the runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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