# Accident 20020713015969A: Amtr LANCAIR320, Sedona, AZ, July 13, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 13, 2002, 11:30 local time - Place: Sedona, AZ - Airport: Sedona Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.8486° N, 111.7886° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8486&lon=-111.7886&mi=10 - Aircraft: N320DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320DM-2005-05-23) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mcconnell David B LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05618EX, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcconnell-david-b-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR320 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA224) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020713015969A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JULY 13, 2002, ABOUT 1130 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL MCCONNELL LANCAIR 320 AIRPLANE, N320DM, CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT WING PRIOR TO LANDING AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A DRAINAGE CULVERT AT THE SEDONA AIRPORT (SEZ), SEDONA, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE, OPERATED BY THE OWNER/PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED THE MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR AIRPORT (CRQ), CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AT 0940. THE FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT SEZ. ACCORDING TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER, THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH A CROSSWIND ON RUNWAY 3. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT FOR THE CROSSWIND; HOWEVER, THE NOSE AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE SPUN 180 DEGREES AND SLID INTO A DRAINAGE CULVERT NOSE FIRST, WHERE IT SPUN ANOTHER 180 DEGRESS BEFORE COMING TO REST INVERTED. (-23) PILOT'S STATEMENT: CONTACTED SAN DIEGO FSS AND GOT WEATHER BRIEFING FOR FLIGHT FROM CARLSBAD, CA TO SEDONA, AZ. FORECAST CALLING FOR LIGHT AND V ARIABLE WINDS WITH VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10 MI CLEAR BELOW 12,000. PREFLIGHTED AIRPLANE AND WAITED FOR MARINE LAYER TO CLEAR AT CARLSBAD AND DEPARTED 9:40 AM. CONTACTED SOCAL OVER ESCONDIDO, CA AND THEY ASSIGNED SQUAWK FOR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE. PLEASANT FLIGHT WITH ONLY A FEW BUMPS. FINAL HAND OFF TO ALBUQUERQUE CENTER AND FLEW WITH THEM TILL AIRPORT IN SIGHT THEN ASKED FOR FREQUENCY CHANGE AND ASSIGNED SQUAWK 1200. LISTENED TO SEDONA AWOS AND GOT WEATHER WIND 160 DEGREES @ 5-6. CALLED SEDONA TRAFFIC ABOUT 12 MILES WEST AND ANNOUNCED INTENTION TO ENTER TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 3 FROM THE NORTH SIDE. (SEDONA TRAFFIC NORMALLY LANDS UPHILL ON RW3, TAKE OFF DOWNHILL ON RW 21 WINDS AREA GREATER THAN 10). ANNOUNCED ENTERING PATTERN AND PREPARED AIRPLANE FOR LANDING CONFIGURATION. ANNOUNCED TURNING BASE LEG FOR RW 3, THEN TURNING FINAL FOR RW 3 AND AGAIN ON SHORT FINAL. APPROACH WAS NORMAL WITH A FEW BUMPS. CROSSED THRESHOLD AND PLANE WAS DESCENDING NORMALLY - SLOWING DOWN GRADUALLY- WAITING FOR WHEELS TO TOUCH. SUDDENLY A BURST OF WIND HIT FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLANE LIFTING THE RIGHT WING. I IMMEDIATELY ADDED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO NEUTRALIZE THE PLANE. THE WIND PUSHED ME STRONGLY TO THE LEFT AND BEFORE I COULD REGAIN TOTAL CONTROL OF THE PLANE THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND OVER THE INFIELD CAUSING THE PLANE TO ROTATE STRONGLY TO THE LEFT AND THEN THE PROP HIT AND THE PLANE SKIDDED ACROSS THE INFIELD STOPPING JUST SHORT OF THE INNER TAXIWAY. TURNED OFF MOTOR, IGNITION, SHORT FUEL VALVE, OPENED CANOPY AND CLIMBED OUT APPROX 11:30 AM. NO ONE HURT, NO FIRE. EXAMINED BY EMT. CONTACTED FAA, NTSB, INSURANCE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO PLANE. ## 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 LAX02LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA224), Jul 13, 2002: McConnell Lancair 320 (N320DM), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for a right, quartering tailwind during landing resulting in a loss of aircraft control and dragging a wing during the landing flare. 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. 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