Curtiss-Wright P 40B N284CF
29 October 2014 · New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 October 2014 at about 20:20 local time, a Curtiss-Wright P 40B registered N284CF, operated by Collings Foundation, was involved in an accident near New Smyrna Beach, Florida, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 20:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- New Smyrna Beach (EVB)
- Coordinates
- 29.1033, -80.9428
- Aircraft
- Curtiss-Wright P 40B
- Registration
- N284CF
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1941
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Collings Foundation
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Flight Test
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Smyrna Beach → New Smyrna Beach
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA15LA039
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a ground loop and a subsequent runway excursion.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot, except for the 1.2 hours of flight time that he had accumulated during two test flights in the accident airplane, which had occurred within the previous 30 days, he had not flown an airplane of the same make and model in about 4 years. The accident flight was the second flight in the airplane since it had been reassembled. The pilot attempted to land the airplane with a 13-knot crosswind. During the landing, the tailwheel "shimmied" when it contacted the runway, and the airplane immediately began to veer right. The pilot attempted to arrest the turn with left rudder and left brake inputs, but the airplane ground looped and subsequently departed the right side of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and lower fuselage. Postaccident examination of the rudder and braking systems revealed no mechanical anomalies or malfunctions that would have caused the loss of directional control.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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