# Accident 20121009024429A: Mace Justin I DRAGONFLY, Durango, CO, October 9, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Airport: Animas Air Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2100° N, 107.8667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2100&lon=-107.8667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N764JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N764JM-2018-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mace Justin I DRAGONFLY (registry code 05644LC, https://openairdocs.org/model/mace-justin-i-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MACE JUSTIN I DRAGONFLY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121009024429A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED AEG WITH A LIGHT CROSSWIND.  LIGHT TURBULENCE EN ROUTE TO 00C. HAD LIGHT WINDS FROM THE WEST, 3 ATTEMPTES AT LANDING IN 00C RWY 19.ATTEMPT AT LANDING RWY 01 TURBULANCE OVER THE NUMBERS, STARTED A GO AROUND WHEN THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND AT 65 KTS SLIDING SIDEWAYS, APPLIED FULL POWER AND DURING THE CLIMB STALLED THE FRONT CANARD WING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPUS, GROUND WAS RISING FASTER THAN THE AIRCRAFT, CHOPED THE POWER AND PITCHED UP, THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TREES AND CAME TO REST AT THE BOTTUM OF THE TREES 50 FEET FROM THE FIRST TREETOP STRIKE.  IT WAS NOT REPORTED TO FSDO UNTIL 10/30/2012.

## 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 CEN13CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA026), Oct 9, 2012: Mace Justin I Dragonfly (N764JM), Durango, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s delayed decision to perform a go-around, which resulted in the airplane impacting trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inexperience in the accident airplane and his…

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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