American Legend AL3C N173JE

Summary

On 24 August 2019 at about 17:00 local time, a American Legend AL3C registered N173JE was involved in an accident near Waco, Texas, 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

24 August 2019 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Waco, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Wildcat Canyon (3T8)

Coordinates

31.4042, -97.2144

Aircraft

American Legend AL3C

Registration

N173JE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waco → Waco

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA510

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and noseover.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that the student pilot had touched down on his fourth landing of the training flight. During the landing roll, the student overcontrolled the rudder, and the airplane veered left, and he then overcorrected to the right. The instructor took the flight controls and applied left rudder and left brake, but the airplane exited the right side of the runway, sank into soft dirt, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder and left wing lift strut. The instructor reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.