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FAA accident report · Amtr Avidflymkiv · Sea Brook, TX · October 23, 1999

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Date
October 23, 1999 · 09:59 local
Place
Sea Brook, TX
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N583AF
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW00LA017
Reported as
Amtr Avidflymkiv
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total420 in this make and model99 in the last 90 days
N583AFRegistration cancelled Apr 19, 2010 · Wright Bruce M AVID FLYER MK IVS/N 993195MK4 · Built 1995Airframe modelWright Bruce M AVID FLYER MK IVEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) The pilot experienced a rough running engine and elected to make an emergency landing. He landed downwind on a road situated in a pasture. He lost control during braking and ran off the road. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft flipped over. No one was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The firewall and engine mount was bent, r/h wing spar bent, nose gear collapsed and the fuselage and vertical/horizontal stablizers were twisted and bent. The pilot was not certificated nor was the aircraft registered. (.4) the 900-hour pilot lost control of the airplane while landing downwind on a dirt road with a 15 knot tailwind. The pilot reported that the engine developed a vibration accompanied by a rise in cylinder head temperature. The pilot elected to perform a precautionary landing on a westerly heading on a nearby dirt road to investigate the source of the engine problem. The pilot was expecting a crosswind landing; however, the wind speed and direction were different than anticipated and he ended up landing the airplane with a tailwind. The pilot applied the brakes immediately after touchdown to avoid colliding with a steel gate. Subsequently, the airp lane drifted to the left and exited the roadway. The nose landing gear assembly collapsed, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest in the inverted position.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. HE LANDED DOWNWIND ON A ROAD SITUATED IN A PASTURE. HE LOST CONTROL DURING BRAKING AND RAN OFF THE ROAD. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FIREWALL AND ENGINE MOUNT WAS BENT, R/H WING SPAR BENT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE FUSELAGE AND VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL STABLIZERS WERE TWISTED AND BENT. THE PILOT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED NOR WAS THE AIRCRAFT REGISTERED. (.4) THE 900-HOUR PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WHILE LANDING DOWNWIND ON A DIRT ROAD WITH A 15 KNOT TAILWIND. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A VIBRATION ACCOMPANIED BY A RISE IN CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A WESTERLY HEADING ON A NEARBY DIRT ROAD TO INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE OF THE ENGINE PROBLEM. THE PILOT WAS EXPECTING A CROSSWIND LANDING; HOWEVER, THE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION WERE DIFFERENT THAN ANTICIPATED AND HE ENDED UP LANDING THE AIRPLANE WITH A TAILWIND. THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH A STEEL GATE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRP LANE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE ROADWAY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST IN THE INVERTED POSITION.

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 FTW00LA017Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSeabrook, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a downwind landing. Factors were his improper weather evaluation, the prevailing tailwind, and the engine vibration.Oct 23, 1999 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N583AF · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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