# Accident 20010823025499A: Chris A1, Nucla, CO, August 23, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2001, 15:45 local time
- Place: Nucla, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2153° N, 108.2189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2153&lon=-108.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8HU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8HU-2013-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1 (registry code 2210302, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHRIS A1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010823025499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED, BURNED, AND DESTROYED WHILE ATTEMPTING LANDING. PILOT AND PASSENGER DIED. AIRCRAFT WAS IN A STEEP RIGHT TURN WHEN THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED, PROPELLER AND SPINNER HITTING GROUND NEXT, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING TIP HITTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST RIGHT-SIDE-UP, FACING THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE APPROACHING DIRECTION.

## 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 DEN01FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA151), Aug 23, 2001: Aviat A-1 (N8HU), Montrose, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional abrupt maneuver immediately after takeoff and the subsequent loss of aircraft control. Contributing factors were high density altitude weather conditions, and the airplane…

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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