ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229555
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| Date: | Sunday 5 August 2018 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  ICP Savannah |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N951RA |
| MSN: | 05-01-51-365 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairfield, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Spanish Fork, UT (SPK) |
| Fairfield, UT (UT99) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was on a personal cross-country flight and had maneuvered the airplane onto the base leg of the traffic pattern for his destination airport. He stated that the airplane likely encountered a downdraft and experienced a loss of lift. Despite his attempts to arrest the descent by adding full throttle, the airplane impacted terrain short of the runway. The pilot thought that the accident may have been prevented if he had configured the airplane to land in a steeper and higher approach, combined with more airspeed. He reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control after encountering a downdraft on approach to the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Oct-2019 18:12 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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