# Accident 20100407031042A: Mason Josep AVENTURA II, Greensboro, NC, April 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2010, 19:40 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Air Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1736° N, 79.8031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1736&lon=-79.8031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N332JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N332JM-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mason Joseph E AVENTURA II (registry code 05627B2, https://openairdocs.org/model/mason-joseph-e-aventura-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MASON JOSEP AVENTURA II
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 34 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100407031042A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N332JM WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY. 27 AT W88 IN GUSTY LEFT QUARTERING CROSSWIND CONDITIONS. AT APPROXIMATELY 30' AGL AND BELOW A LARGE STAND OF OAK ON THE UPWIND SIDE OF THE RWY AND ACROSS THE STREET THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT WING OF N332JM STRUCK THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE OF N22PH A PARKED AND SECURED BEECH BE-24R, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR OF N332JM STRUCK THE UPPER WINDSHIELD AND CROWN OF 22PH AND IN DETERMINANT PARTS OF N332JM STRUCK THE VERTICAL TAIL LEADING EDGE FAIRING AND TOP OF THE CABIN OF N22PH. THIS CONTACT INDUCED A LEFT SPINNING MOTION TO N332JM WHICH CAME TO REST BEHIND N22PH FACING APPROXIMATELY 045 DEG.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N22PH, Beech B24R: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 ERA10CA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA217), Apr 7, 2010: Mason Aventura II (N332JM), Greensboro, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a wind gust during the landing approach, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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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