# Accident 19990708008679A: Pilats B4PC11, Erwinna, PA, July 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Erwinna, PA
- Airport: Vansant Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4910° N, 75.0798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4910&lon=-75.0798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20RK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20RK-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus B4-PC11 (registry code 7090104, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-b4-pc11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS B4PC11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,223 total, 177 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990708008679A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.19)ON JULY 8, 1999, ABOUT 1530 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME A PILATUS B-4 GLIDER, N20RK, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT VANSANT AIRPORT (9N1), ERWINNA, PENNSYLVANIA.  THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FLEW A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RUNWAY 23 AT 9N1.  ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH, APPROXIAMTELY 100 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE GLIDER TO THE LEFT, INTO TREES.  AT AN AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES AWAY, AT 1551, THE REPORTED WINDS WERE FROM 280 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS, AND VARYING FROM 250 TO 320 DEGREES. (-23) ON LANDING RUNWAY 23 AT VAN SANT (9N1), PILOT EXPERIENCED HEAVY SINK AND TURBULANCE AND LANDED SHORT AND TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY, DAMAGING RIGHT WING AND FUSELAGE.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  (.4) THE PILOT FLEW A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RUNWAY 23.  ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH, APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, A GUST OF WIND FORCED T HE GLIDER TO THE LEFT, INTO TREES. AT AN AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES AWAY, AT 1551, THE REPORTED WINDS WERE FROM 280 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS, AN VARYING FROM 250 TO 320 DEGREES.

## 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 NYC99LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA170), Jul 8, 1999: Pilatus B-4 (N20RK), Erwinna, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain aircraft control.

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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