ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289074
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| Date: | Saturday 23 July 2011 |
| Time: | 10:15 LT |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Owls Head Transportation Museum |
| Registration: | N8872 |
| MSN: | PG.625 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3410 hours |
| Engine model: | Morris Motors GIPSY MAJOR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rockland-Knox County Regional Airport, Knox County, ME -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rockland-Knox County Regional Airport, ME (RKD/KRKD) |
| Rockland-Knox County Regional Airport, ME (RKD/KRKD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was landing at the conclusion of a local flight. As the airplane passed over the runway threshold the airplane's main landing gear contacted high grass. The airplane nosed over and impacted the runway inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and both left and right top wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident, and that the accident could have been prevented by conducting a higher approach to landing.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper approach path during landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA11CA420
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2022 09:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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