20081213853749A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr PITTS MODEL-12 · Weirsdale, FL · December 13, 2008

Date
December 13, 2008 · 07:45 local
Place
Weirsdale, FL
Airport
Hobby Hill
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N212DK
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA091
Reported as
Amtr PITTSMODEL12
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total120 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N212DK, a pitts model 12 departed kvdf on a day VFR flight in the local area. On final stop landing, aircraft made initial touch down with a hard bounce. Prior to second and final touchdown, aircraft drifted with the crosswind to the left of the grass landing strip striking a fence post. Aircraft yawed to the left and cartwheeled until it came to rest inverted. Pilot notified owner of the airport via cell phone to assist him from the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

N212DK, A PITTS MODEL 12 DEPARTED KVDF ON A DAY VFR FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL AREA. ON FINAL STOP LANDING, AIRCRAFT MADE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN WITH A HARD BOUNCE. PRIOR TO SECOND AND FINAL TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED WITH THE CROSSWIND TO THE LEFT OF THE GRASS LANDING STRIP STRIKING A FENCE POST. AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT AND CARTWHEELED UNTIL IT CAME TO REST INVERTED. PILOT NOTIFIED OWNER OF THE AIRPORT VIA CELL PHONE TO ASSIST HIM FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.