Homestead General Aviation Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Homestead, Florida 33033
Friday, July 6, 2001 19:50 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

According to the pilot, the tail came up during the landing roll, and the airplane nosed over. No mechanical problem with the airplane was reported by the pilot.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's improper use of flight controls during a landing on a sod airstrip that resulted in a nose over.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/6/2001
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1950
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City HOMESTEAD
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 33033
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Homestead General Aviation
Event Location Nearest Airport ID X51
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 9
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1856 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 219
Weather Observation Facility ID MIA
Elevation of weather observation facility 8
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 23
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 29
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 23
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 90
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.08
Density Altitude (feet) 1500
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 11705
NTSB Notification Source FAA Com Center
NTSB Notification Date Jul 6 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2130
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jun 3 2002 12:16PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office MIAMI FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number NC8627
NTSB Number ATL01LA084
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Fleet
Aircraft Model BI-PLANE
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 40
Certified Max Gross Weight 1675
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 Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 18 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 15
Airframe Hours 1045
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JOHN BUBEL
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1850 SW 130th Ave.
Aircraft Owner City Miami
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 33177
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1850 SW 130TH AVE
Operator City MIAMI
Operator State FL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 33177
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 X51
Departure City HOMESTEAD
Departure State FL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1940
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Mar 26 2002 8:52AM
User who most recently changed record KENJ
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27U
Runway Length 1000
Runway Width 500
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --