# Accident 20101016049159A: Deitz Jerry AVID FLYER, Colville, WA, October 16, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2010, 12:00 local time
- Place: Colville, WA
- Airport: Zemas Airfield
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5438° N, 117.9007° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5438&lon=-117.9007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N169WP-2013-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Deitz Jerry AVID FLYER MK4 (registry code 05618RH, https://openairdocs.org/model/deitz-jerry-avid-flyer-mk4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEITZ JERRY AVID FLYER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 3 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101016049159A

## Narrative

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

MR. HARTMAN ELECTED AN APPROACH FOR LANDING TO THE EAST WITH A LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND. AT APPROXIMATLY 20 FEET AGL MR. HARTMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, THE RIGHT WING DROPED, THE AIRCRAFT FELL TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A TREE AT APPROXIMATELY 3O FEET AGL AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND TUMBLED TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND CAME TO A REST FACING NORTHWEST APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR11CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA018), Oct 16, 2010: Deitz Avid Flyer MK4 (N169WP), Colville, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for a wind gust and maintain runway alignment during final approach to land, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree.

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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