# Accident 20120610010609A: Griffiths James Sydney KOKOPELLI SUPERPACER, Kremmling, CO, June 10, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Kremmling, CO
- Airport: Mc Elroy Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0533° N, 106.3689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0533&lon=-106.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8VX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRIFFITHS JAMES SYDNEY KOKOPELLI SUPERPACER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 97 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA350) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120610010609A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 10, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 MDT, N8VX, AN AMATEUR-BUILT KOKOPELLI SUPER PACER AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT MC ELROY AIRFIELD (20V) KREMMLING, COLORADO. THE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD WERE UNINJURED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC).

## 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 CEN12LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA350), Jun 10, 2012: Griffiths James Sydney Kokopelli SuperPacer (N8VX), Kremmling, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The low spring tension of the rudder and tailwheel cable, which resulted in the loss of control as the airplane decelerated after landing.

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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