# Accident 20111020024839A: Sky International A-1, Wolverton, MN, October 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2011, 15:35 local time
- Place: Wolverton, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5631° N, 96.7336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5631&lon=-96.7336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93HU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93HU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1 (registry code 2210302, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKY INTERNATIONAL A-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 302 total, 151 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111020024839A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 0615 DDT ON 10/21/2011, I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  HE WAS VERY APOLOGETIC AND SAID HE NEEDED TO REPORT AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE HAD BEEN THE PILOT. HE SAID HE WAS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR FSDO OFFICE WAITING FOR US TO OPEN AND I INFORMED HIM I WAS ON DUTY INSIDE, AT WHICH TIME HE CAME INTO THE OFFICE.HE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON AROUND 1600 (CDT) WITH A FRIEND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (SP.) IN AN A-1 HUSKY AIRCRAFT, N93HU WHICH HE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OWNS.THEY HAD DEPARTED FARGO ABOUT AN HOUR PREVIOUSLY AND WERE INTENDING TO LAND FOR PRACTICE AT THE CHRISTINE, ND AIRPORT.  HOWEVER THEY COULD NO LOCATE THE AIRPORT AND DECIDED TO COME BACK TO FARGO.  WHILE IN FLIGHT THE PILOT SAW A "GRASSY" FIELD JUST NORTH OF WOLVERTON, MN AN ELECTED TO DO A PRACTICE LANDING THERE.HE REPORTED THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, BUT JUST AFTER TOUCH DOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS "ROLLING OUT" AND AT A SPEED HE ESTIMATED TO BE 20 TO 30 MPH; HE EXPERIENCED A SPASM IN HIS LEFT LEG.  HE SAID THE SPASM HAD BEEN EXPERIENCED PREVIOUSLY AND WAS CAUSED BY A HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY ON HIS LEFT HIP THAT WAS DONE IN JANUARY, 2011.HE STATED THAT THE SPASM CAUSED HIM TO INADVERTENTLY APPLY HEAVY BRAKING TO THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH HE ALSO DESCRIBED AS HAVING OVERSIZE "TUNDRA" TIRES.  HE REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT "FLIPPED OVER" AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK.AMENDED TO CORRECT TYPO ON REGISTRATION NUMBER AND MAKE DID NOT MATCH TCDS, CORRECTED.

## 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 CEN12CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA044), Oct 20, 2011: Aviat A-1 (N93HU), Wolverton, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent excessive braking during the landing roll due to momentary pain.

## Other reports on N93HU (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960502011929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960502011929A), May 2, 1996: Chris A1 (N93HU), Togiak, AK, Substantial damage. Fish spotting flight tried depart a beach with frost on wings. Settled into water off shore. Nosed down.

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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