# Accident 20060928021159A: Webera WEBERVENTURE, El Paso, TX, September 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2006, 15:50 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8119° N, 106.3775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8119&lon=-106.3775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5QE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5QE-2007-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weber Alan D WEBER VENTURE (registry code 05606IH, https://openairdocs.org/model/weber-alan-d-weber-venture) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEBERA WEBERVENTURE
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,515 total, 340 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060928021159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2006, N5QE, A SINGLE-ENGINE WEBER AIRCRAFT, MODEL VENTURE, SERIAL NUMBER 54, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ELP) NEAR EL PASO, TEXAS. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF LOSS OF CONTROL ARE SKID MARKS FROM LEFT-TO-RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE AND APPROXIMATELY 8800 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 22. FIRST PROPELLER STRIKE (SERIES OF 5) WAS AT 8931 FEET. SPACING BETWEEN STRIKES, 30", 35", 42", 47." THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED 117 FEET TO THE NEXT SERIES OF PROPELLER STRIKES SPACED AT 32", 35", 45", 59", 101", 61" AND 48 FEET LONG AS THE AIRCRAFT CHANGED DIRECTIONS TO RIGHT-TO-LEFT. THERE WAS A FINAL SKID MARK FROM RIGHT-TO-LEFT OF CENTERLINE WHERE THE NOSE WHEEL SCRAPED THE RUNWAY FOR A DISTANCE OF 158 FEET BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT TOPPED OVER ONTO THE SPINNER, THEN ON ITS BACK.

## 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 DFW06LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA216), Sep 28, 2006: Weber Venture (N5QE), El Paso, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The aircraft's inadequate landing gear design, which resulted in a loss of directional control and subsequent nose-over. A factor was the owner/builder's failure to incorporate modifications to the…

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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