# Accident 20110630014979A: Schaffer Gary W LANCAIR, Yukon, OK, June 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2011, 13:49 local time
- Place: Yukon, OK
- Airport: Sundance Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6078° N, 97.7072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6078&lon=-97.7072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N358MA-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schaffer Gary W LANCAIR (registry code 056185S, https://openairdocs.org/model/schaffer-gary-w-lancair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHAFFER GARY W LANCAIR
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA434) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110630014979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TO FERRY NEWLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT TO THE NEW OWNER. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WILEY POST AIRPORT  (PWA) IN BETHANY OKLAHOMA WHERE WITNESSES REPORTED THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING "ROUGH". SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS ENTERING A LEFT BASE FOR RW 17 TO SUNDANCE AIRPARK (HSD) IN YUKON OK. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY APPX 150 FEET FROM NORTH END OF RW 17. PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN11FA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA434), Jun 30, 2011: Schaffer Gary W Lancair (N358MA), Yukon, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's use of an excessive bank angle while in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in an accelerated stall. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s lack of experience in 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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