Gerald Dan Coppock BADE-E N142NV
2 August 2018 · Escanaba, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 August 2018 at about 23:00 local time, a Gerald Dan Coppock BADE-E registered N142NV was involved in an accident near Escanaba, Michigan, 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 23:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Escanaba, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Delta County Airport (ESC)
- Coordinates
- 45.7228, -87.0936
- Aircraft
- Gerald Dan Coppock BADE-E
- Registration
- N142NV
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2014
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Escanaba → Escanaba
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN18LA307
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The loss of control during the landing rollout for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in a ground loop and runway excursion.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was landing the experimental, amateur-built, tailwheel-equipped airplane on a dry runway. During the rollout, the airplane veered to the left when the tailwheel was lowered to the runway. Both wingtips contacted the runway surface; the airplane ground looped and exited the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the forward section of the fuselage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the right steering cable chain was broken and hanging from the tailwheel. It could not be determined if the cable broke before or during the accident sequence.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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