Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Private Airstrip Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Bear Creek, Wisconsin 54922
Friday, August 17, 2012 17:45 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot reported that the airplane veered sharply to the left when he applied the brakes during the landing roll on a grass airstrip. He applied right rudder to no avail, and the airplane continued to the left where the left wing contacted a corn crop. The airplane was pulled into the corn, where it came to rest with substantial damage to both wings and the aft fuselage. The pilot reported that the airplane’s brakes operated normally prior to takeoff. The brake system consists of main landing gear hydraulic disc brakes that are operated via a mechanical brake lever located on the control stick. The airplane has a steerable nosewheel, but no differential braking. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that both brakes functioned when the brake lever was operated; however, the left brake responded more quickly than the right brake. The presence of air in the hydraulic lines to the right brake may have affected the brake's responsiveness, but the examination was not able to establish that the lines contained air.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
A malfunction of the right brake for reasons that could not be determined because of the perishable evidence, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/17/2012 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1745 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Bear Creek |
| Event State | WISCONSIN |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 54922 |
| Event Date Year | 2012 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 443152N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0884335W |
| Event Location Airport | Private Airstrip |
| 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 | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1745 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 150 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KATW |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 918 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 21 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 12000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| 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) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 4 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 320 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.99 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| 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) | 30571 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 14 2012 3:18PM |
| User who most recently changed record | bowl |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N5064E |
| NTSB Number | CEN12CA567 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | FANTASY AIR |
| Aircraft Model | ALLEGRO 2000 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 05-720 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1232 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| 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 | Sep 7 2011 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 38 |
| Airframe Hours | 723 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PLANE GUYS AVIATION LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | BEAR CREEK |
| Aircraft Owner State | WI |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 54922-9651 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Peter Anderson |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Bear Creek |
| Operator State | WI |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| 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 | LPCZ |
| Departure City | Waupaca |
| Departure State | WI |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1727 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | PVT |
| Destination City | Bear Creek |
| Destination State | WI |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Nov 8 2012 10:07AM |
| User who most recently changed record | broda |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 36 |
| Runway Length | 1742 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |