# Accident 20110829019779A: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, Windom, MN, August 29, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2011, 09:30 local time
- Place: Windom, MN
- Airport: Windom Municiple
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9133° N, 95.1094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9133&lon=-95.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73712, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vans RV-12 (registry code 0690009, https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-12
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,986 total, 154 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA601](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA601) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110829019779A

## Narrative

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

AT 0930 ON 8/29/2011, WHEN AIRBORNE AND CLIMBING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED AIR COMING INTO COCKPIT, BECAUSE HE FORGOT TO LATCH CANOPY. WHILE TRYING TO SECURE LATCH FOR CANOPY HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING TOWARD THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO RECOVER TO FLIGHT LEVEL ATTITUDE BEFORE IMPACT AT END OF RUNWAY WHILE SLIDING OFF TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF RUNWAY 17.

## 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 CEN11LA601](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA601), Aug 29, 2011: Van's RV-12 (N73712), Windom, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control after liftoff due to his distraction with the unsecured canopy, which he did not lock before takeoff.

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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