# Accident 20030109000239A: Yaklev YAK3, Parker, AZ, January 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2003, 17:15 local time
- Place: Parker, AZ
- Airport: Avi Suquilla Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1500° N, 114.2667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1500&lon=-114.2667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N498SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N498SD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev/Davis YAK 3UR-2000 (registry code 05606UH, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-davis-yak-3ur-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2000 series (registry code 52023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030109000239A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON JANUARY 9, 2003, ABOUT 1715 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A YAK-3 UR-2000, N498SD, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING AN OFF AIRPORT FORCED LANDING AT PARKER, ARIZONA. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTED CHINO, CALIFORNIA, AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME EN ROUTE TO PARKER. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE ATTEMPTED TO LAND, BUT APPEARED TO LAND LONG. THE AIRPLANE WAS NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. THE WITNESS SAID THE ENGINE DID NOT SOUND LIKE IT WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY. THE AIRFRAME SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A SUBSEQUENT GROUND COLLISION ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CHINO CA., DIRECT TO P20. AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED DOING TWO ATTEMPTED LANDINGS, BUT WITH EACH WENT AROUND FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT. PILOT OBSERVED AS LANDING LONG AND FAST, THEN APPLYING POWER AND PULLING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT NEVER ESTABLISH    ED POSITIVE CLIMB OUT. REPORTED ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER ON THIRD ATTEMPT. PILOT SETTLED INTO THE GROUND APPROX. THREE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM END OF RUNWAY 19, STRIKING THE LEFT WING THEN SLAMMING INTO THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WING. PILOT SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES. EMERGENCY CREWS SECURED AIRCRAFT REMOVING PILOT FROM AIRCRAFT.

## 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 LAX03LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA063), Jan 10, 2003: Davis YAK-3 UR-2000 (N498SD), Parker, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the propeller shaft extension mechanism resulting in a loss of power, and the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

## Other reports on N498SD (1)

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

- [Incident 20020127002749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020127002749I), Jan 27, 2002: Amtr YAK3UR2000 (N498SD), Chino, CA, Minor damage. (-23) N498SD was part of a flight of 8 war birds that flew on a cross country flight from parker, AZ to Chino, CA. Upon their arrival at cno, four aircraft…

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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