LUCASVILLE, OH, USA
N5296Y
HAWK RUL-1
THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A LANDING ON THE PRIVATE GRASS STRIP. HE SAID, '[I] LINED UP FOR WEST LANDING...ABOUT 40 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY [THE] LEFT WING WAS DROPPING...[I] ADDED RIGHT AILERON...RIGHT WING WENT OVER AND HIT THE GROUND.' THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED ON THE RUNWAY. THE WIND WAS REPORTED AT 2 KNOTS WITH NO GUSTS. THE PILOT HAD NO FLIGHT TIME IN THIS AIRPLANE IN THE LAST 90 DAYS.
On Saturday, July 16, 1994, at 2040 eastern daylight time, a Hawk Rul-1, N5296Y, a homebuilt airplane, piloted by Bruce A. Hawk, sustained substantial during an attempted landing at a private airstrip in Lucasville, Ohio. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot was landing in a westerly direction on the grass runway. He said: [I] lined up for...landing...about 40 feet above the runway [the] left wing was dropping about 10-15 [degrees]. [I] added right aileron -slow response-added more power-now...20 feet above runway-right wing went over and hit ground -somewhat of a ground loop. The pilot reported the wind was from 270 degrees at 2 knots with no gusts. The pilot had not flown this make and model airplane in the last 90 days.
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DURING THE LANDING FLARE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT FLIGHT EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE AIRPLANE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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