# Accident 20110517010239A: Southern Airmotive Corp. SAC, Toccoa, GA, May 17, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Toccoa, GA
- Airport: Stephens County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5911° N, 83.2906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5911&lon=-83.2906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1150, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Southern Airmotive SAC (registry code 0560110, https://openairdocs.org/model/southern-airmotive-sac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOUTHERN AIRMOTIVE CORP. SAC
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110517010239A

## Narrative

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

HIGH RATE OF DESCENT ON SHORT FINAL, ADDED POWER, GUSTY CROSSWIND AT 50' AGL.  AT TOUCHDOWN, ACFT. VEERED RIGHT, PILOT ADDED LEFT RUDDER, FULL POWER, ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND.  ACFT. DID NOT RESPOND AND CONTINUED TO RIGHT SIDE, ACROSS GRASS AREA ABOUT 200' AND STRUCK A HANGAR.

## 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 ERA11CA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA311), May 17, 2011: Southern Airmotive SAC (N1150), Taccoa, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions during landing, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with a hangar.

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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