19990718043809A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Rader Martin G LONG EZ · Buena Vista, CO · July 18, 1999

Date: July 18, 1999 · 15:45 local
Place: Buena Vista, CO
Airport: Buena Vista Municipal Airport
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N6577C
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN99LA122
Fatal injuries: 0

N6577CRegistration cancelled Apr 19, 2000 · Rader Martin G LONG EZS/N 1537-L Airframe modelRader Martin G LONG EZ

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot departed runway and told chaffee county sheriff that he "overcontrolled" the takeoff. The airplane climbed about 10 feet landed hard and bounced once on the runway. It then touched down in soft dirt and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY AND TOLD CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF THAT HE "OVERCONTROLLED" THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED ABOUT 10 FEET LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED ONCE ON THE RUNWAY. IT THEN TOUCHED DOWN IN SOFT DIRT AND NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN99LA122Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBuena Vista, COThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors were his unfamiliarity with the airplane, and the soft terrain that caused the airplane to nose over.Jul 18, 1999 · Destroyed