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New Smyrna Beach Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 16:20 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On October 29, 2014, about 1620 eastern daylight time, a Curtiss P40B airplane, N284CF, was substantially damaged during an attempted landing at New Smyrna Beach Airport (EVB), New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight, which departed from EVB about 1525. The test flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the pilot, the airplane had been recently disassembled and transported from the United Kingdom to the United States where it was reassembled about one month prior to the accident. On the day of the accident flight, which was also the airplane's second flight test, the pilot flew in the vicinity of EVB for about an hour before returning to the airport to land. Although the winds favored runway 07 at the time, the pilot elected to land on runway 02 to reduce taxi time once on the ground. During the landing attempt, the airplane touched down in a near three-point attitude and the tail wheel shimmied as the airplane began a turn to the right. The pilot attempted to arrest the turn with rudder and brake inputs; however, the airplane ground looped, resulting in the collapse of both main landing gear.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/29/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1620 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | New Smyrna Beach |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 32168 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 290612N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0805634W |
| Event Location Airport | New Smyrna Beach |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | EVB |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 12 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1623 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | EVB |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 10 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 5500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| 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) | 17 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.02 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | SPECI KEVB 292023Z 07007KT 10SM SCT055 28/17 A3002 |
| 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 Southern CROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Nov 24 2014 4:46PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N284CF |
| NTSB Number | ERA15LA039 |
| 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 | CURTISS WRIGHT |
| Aircraft Model | P 40B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 16073 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 8200 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 1 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 1 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Conditional |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 16 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 1 |
| Airframe Hours | 99 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Tomahawk P-40 LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Cromwell |
| Aircraft Owner State | CT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 06416-1124 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Collings Foundation |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Stow |
| Operator State | MA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 01775 |
| 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) | Flight Test |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | EVB |
| Departure City | New Smyrna Beach |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1525 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | EVB |
| Destination City | New Smyrna Beach |
| Destination State | FL |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Nov 24 2014 4:46PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 02 |
| Runway Length | 4000 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |