# Accident 19980926039189A: Gruman HU16, Sedona, AZ, September 26, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 26, 1998, 09:45 local time - Place: Sedona, AZ - Airport: Sedona Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.9396° N, 111.9400° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9396&lon=-111.9400&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7025J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7025J) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Grumman HU-16 (registry code 3950405, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-hu-16) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: GRUMAN HU16 - People aboard: 6 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 360 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA313) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980926039189A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19)ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1998, AT 0945 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A GRUMMAN HU-16, N7025J, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 3 ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE SEDONA, ARIZONA, AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER, TWO FLIGHT CREWMEMBER, AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR FROM THE SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, REPORTED WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE 180 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT RUNWAY 21 WAS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. (.4) THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS TYPE RATED IN THE AIRPLANE. THE SECOND PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT MANIPULATING THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, HELD AN ATP AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES, BUT WAS NOT TYPE RATED IN THE AIRPLANE. THE SECOND PILOT HAD A TOTAL OF 1.9 HOURS IN THE AIRPLANE. BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THEY SELECTED RUNWAY 3 FOR LANDING BASED ON WEATHER REPORTS AND THAT OTHER AIRPLANES WERE USING THAT RUNWAY. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, PROPELLER REVERSE POWER WAS SELECTED AND THE CRAFT ENGINE CAME IN BEFORE THE RIGHT ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO VEER LEFT, AND BRAKING WAS USED TO CORRECT THE HEADING. THE PROPELLERS WERE BROUGHT OUT OF REVERSE AND THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO EXIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THE MANAGER OF THE FBO SAID THEY WERE ADVISING RUNWAY 21 AS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THE PILOT OF ANOTHER AIRPLANE SAID THAT HE HAD JUST LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 AND THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER AIRPLANES IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 21 WHEN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 3. HE STATED THAT WINDS WERE 130 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS AND THE CONDITIONS IN THE PATTERN WERE TURBULENT. THE PILOT NOTED THAT AFTER HE LANDED THE WIND KEPT SHIFTING DIRECTION FROM A SOUTHEASTERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY HEADING. NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WERE FOUND DURING AN EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER REVERSE SYSTEM OR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1998, @ APPROXIMATELY 1000HOURS, MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, AIRCRAFT N7025J, S/N 131910, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 03 AT SEDONA AIRPORT, AZ. FIVE OCCUPANTS ON BOARD SUFFERED NO INJURIES, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR, FUSELAGE HULL, LEFT WING AND FLOAT. PIC O CCUPIED RIGHT SEAT AND SIC OCCUPIED LEFT. SEDONA AIRPORT UNICOM REPORTING LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RUNWAY 21, AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 03. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, WINDS REPORTED 180 @ 9 KTS, GUST 14 KTS. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB LAX98LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA313), Sep 26, 1998: Grumman HU-16C (N7025J), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot in command's selection of the wrong runway for the prevailing wind conditions, and the second pilot's inadequate compensation for the winds. Factors in the accident were the second pilot's… From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.