ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291729
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 October 2006 |
| Time: | 09:35 LT |
| Type: | Huff Acro Sport I |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N511SH |
| MSN: | 01-12-47-02 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 60 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Delta, Colorado -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Delta-Blake Field, CO (KAJZ) |
| Delta-Blake Field, CO (KAJZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A crew was working on the parallel taxiway near the runway edge. The pilot taxied past the construction area and took off on runway 21. After about 30 minutes of flying, the pilot returned to the airport and made some touch-and-go landings. Another airplane entered the traffic pattern and announced he would be landing in the opposite direction on runway 03. The pilot yielded and also landed on runway 03. To avoid the construction crew, he maneuvered the airplane to the left of runway centerline. He noted that his airplane was "a short-coupled biplane," and that forward visibility in a conventional (3-point) attitude was limited. This caused him to get too close to the runway edge, and the left main landing gear went off the left side of the runway and into soft, muddy soil. The airplane swerved to the left, went through some high sage brush, struck a large rock, spun around and nosed down.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to select a touchdown point a safe distance from the construction crew, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Contributing factors in this accident included the pilot's limited forward visibility when the airplane was in a 3-point attitude, the soft terrain, and the rock.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN07CA007
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2022 18:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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