Howard Private Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Ione, California 95640
Monday, September 25, 2000 17:00 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

After landing on a private dirt/gravel airstrip the airplane veered off the right side of the ruway. The airplane collided with a fence and nosed over inverted. The pilot reported the airplane's inability to be straightened with the use of left rudder, brake, and tail wheel steering. Post accident examination of the brakes revealed a broken rotor disk on the right main landing gear.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The failure of the right brake during the landing roll resulting in loss of directional control and subsequent nose over of the airplane.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/25/2000
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1700
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City IONE
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 95640
Event Date Year 2000
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 381518N
Event Location Longitude 1205600W
Event Location Airport Howard Private Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PVT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0.01
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 480
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1653 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID SMF
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 31
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 7
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 290
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.89
Density Altitude (feet) 1967
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 12465
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Sep 26 2000 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 800
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Oct 24 2003 10:23AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N37820
NTSB Number LAX00LA348
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Culver
Aircraft Model LFA
Aircraft Series Identifier LFA
Aircraft Serial Number 354
Certified Max Gross Weight 1305
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 20 2000 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 3
Airframe Hours 1004
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ORMOND LEE HOWARD
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City IONE
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 95640
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code PVT
Departure City Howard Airport
Departure State CA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1815
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City --
Destination State CA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Oct 10 2002 2:10PM
User who most recently changed record COOS
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 067
Runway Length 1500
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --