ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230579
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Date: | Thursday 28 February 2019 |
Time: | 13:35 |
Type: | Denney Kitfox 4-1200 (Classic IV) |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N111YT |
MSN: | C97070196 |
Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
Total airframe hrs: | 528 hours |
Engine model: | Rotax 912UL |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Floodwood, MN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Cloquet, MN (COQ) |
Destination airport: | Floodwood, MN (PVT) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing in a crosswind, he planned to touch down 2 ft past the beginning of the compacted, snow-covered, private airstrip. He added that, "in order to perform [the short field landing, he] chose to ride the tires just over the terrain until touchdown." He reported further that, after the front main landing gear touched down, a wind gust picked up the right wing, the left tire sank in the snow, and the airplane decelerated and then nosed over.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.
The pilot reported that there were not preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot reported that the wind at the accident location, about the time of the accident, was from 230° at 9 knots, gusting to 15 knots. The pilot was landing the airplane to the southwest on a 210° heading.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of lateral control while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a nose-over.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | GAA19CA154 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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