# Accident 19990603010749A: Dhavxx DH82AROBRTSN, Wichita/Maize, KS, June 3, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1999, 10:07 local time
- Place: Wichita/Maize, KS
- Airport: Maize Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7702° N, 97.4600° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7702&lon=-97.4600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9393 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAVXX DH82AROBRTSN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,614 total, 25 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990603010749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JUNE 3, 1999,AT 1007 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH DH 82A, N9393, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT SETTLED INTO TREES DURING AN INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB FROM THE MAIZE AIRPORT, MAIZE, KANSAS. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE 14CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA. THE TAKEOFF WAS BEING MADE ON RUNWAY 18 (2,100'X70'TURF) AND THE WINDS REPORTED AT WICHITA, 11 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDSENT, WERE FROM 150 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS. (-23) THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE MAIZE AIRPORT (70K), THEN FAILED TO GAIN ALTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED AIRBORNE CROSSING THE SOUTH AIRPORT BOUNDARY AND A HIGHWAY (K96) AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND SETTLED INTO A CLEARING OF A FIELD APPROX. 75 FEET SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER IT IMPACTED A MULBERRY TREE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE, AND LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED WIND S HEAR SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF AND WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB ABOVE THE LEVEL OF TREE TOPS AND THEN BEGAN TO LOSE ALTITUDE UNTIL IMPACTING THE GROUND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE PRODUCING TAKEOFF POWER, APPROX. 2200 RPM, THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT. (.4) HE STATED THE LOCAL WINDS WERE GUSTY AND ALTERNATING BETWEEN EAST AND SOUTHEAST, AND HE USED RUNWAY 17 FOR TAKEOFF.  HE STATED ENGINE POWER WAS NORMAL, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A CLIMB WHEN HE REACHED THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY WHICH IS BORDERED BY TREES.  THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A DESCENT NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE LOWER RIGHT WING CONTACTED A TREE JUST SOUTH OF A HIGHWAY WHICH BORDERED THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT HE NOTED THE WINDS AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND THE WIND SOCK AT THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT WAS INDICATING WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST.

## 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 CHI99LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA172), Jun 3, 1999: de Havilland Tiger Moth DH82A (N9393), Maize, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inability to maintain a climb after takeoff as a result of wind shear. Factors associated with the accident were the variable, gusty wind conditions, and the tree which was contacted.

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.

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