Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Parr Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Zanesville, Ohio 43701
Tuesady, August 20, 2013 14:00 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 10, 2013 about 1400 eastern daylight time, a Perth Amboy, model BIRD BK, airplane, NC727Y, impacted terrain during a runway excursion after landing at the Parr Airport (42I), Zanesville, Ohio. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to a private individual and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operated on a flight plan. The flight originated from the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport, Cumberland, Maryland, about 1130.
The pilot reported that after landing he noticed that the runway was rough, so he decided to exit the runway and taxi on the grass to preserve the tires on the antique airplane. Soon after leaving the runway, he encountered an unmarked drainage ditch, which the airplane went into. The airplane was an antique biplane and sustained damage to the fuselage, right main landing gear and both right wing spars.
Runway 10 at 42I was a paved asphalt surface, 3,100 feet long and 26 feet wide. About 30 feet to either side of the runway's paved edge were rows of runway lights spaced about 100 feet apart. On the south side of the runway, the grass was mowed to a short height for about 40 feet from the south edge of the paved runway. South of this mowed area was an area of taller vegetation that was about 1 foot in height.
Visible in the grass areas were tire tracks from the accident airplane which showed that it exited the south side of the runway about 150 feet from the approach end. The tracks proceeded through the short mowed grass area to where a broken runway light was at, and then continued into the taller vegetation. The tire tracks continued to a drainage ditch that was in the taller vegetation. The drainage ditch was about 500 feet from the approach end of the runway. Impact scars were visible near the ditch. Although the runway exhibited patched cracks in the pavement, it did not have a rough appearance.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/20/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1400 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Zanesville |
| Event State | OHIO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 43701 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 400025N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0820044W |
| Event Location Airport | Parr Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 42I |
| 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 | 790 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1953 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 135 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ZZV |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 900 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 6 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 5000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 15 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 100 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 4 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.16 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KZZV 201953Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM BKN050 28/15 |
| 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) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA-AGL-ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 15 2014 2:05PM |
| 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 | N727Y |
| NTSB Number | CEN13LA497 |
| 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 | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PERTH AMBOY |
| Aircraft Model | BIRD BK |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | NO SERIES |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 2037-16 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1980 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 1 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 2 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 3 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Oct 20 2012 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | FICHERA ANNA B |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 302 KENTMORR RD |
| Aircraft Owner City | STEVENSVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | MD |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 216663104 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | Robert T. Newhouse |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Rockford |
| Operator State | IL |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 61102 |
| 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 | CBE |
| Departure City | Cumberland |
| Departure State | MD |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1130 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | 42I |
| Destination City | Zanesville |
| Destination State | OH |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 15 2014 2:05PM |
| User who most recently changed record | bowl |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 10 |
| Runway Length | 3100 |
| Runway Width | 26 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |