# Accident 20130713014069A: Kincaid Wade DAKOTA HAWK, San Simon, AZ, July 13, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2013, 18:15 local time
- Place: San Simon, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2656° N, 109.1839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2656&lon=-109.1839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544WK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N544WK-2015-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kincaid Wade DAKOTA HAWK (registry code 056289B, https://openairdocs.org/model/kincaid-wade-dakota-hawk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KINCAID WADE DAKOTA HAWK
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 75 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130713014069A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING FOR FUEL ON A DIRT ROAD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO THE EAST OF SAN SIMON AT APPROXIMATELY NOON. AFTER THE PILOT HAD ADDED MORE FUEL TO THE TANK HE TOOK OFF ON HIS WAY TO LAS CRUCES, NM AT APPROXIMATELY 1800.

AS HE TOOK OFF TO THE WEST, THE PILOT WAS AWARE OF ELECTRICAL WIRES WHICH PARALLELED THE DIRT ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE. HE WAS ALSO AWARE OF TREES ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE STATES THAT AS HE LIFTED OFF HIS LEFT WING CAME UP UNDER THE POWER LINES. WHEN THE WING CONTACTED THE POWER LINES THE AIRCRAFT THEN FLIPPED OVER THE ELECTRICAL LINES AND DOVE INTO THE ORCHARD WHICH WAS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE ROAD.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, BUT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE WRECKAGE WITH ONLY A CUT TO HIS HEAD AND MINOR CONTUSIONS AND PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHEN DISCUSSING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS DELIVERING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE NEW BUYER IN LAS CRUCES, NM. HE HAD FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT FROM SALOME TO SAN SIMON WITH ONE STOP IN ELOY FOR GAS. HE HAD DETERMINED THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE SHORT OF FUEL TO MAKE HIS NEXT EXPECTED STOP AT LORDSBURG. THEREFORE HE MADE THE LANDING ON THE DIRT ROAD AND WAS AWARE OF THE ELECTRICAL LINES WHILE HE WAS LANDING, BUT HAD LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND FELT THAT HE COULD TAKE OFF WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.

ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PLOT DID NOT HAVE A MEDICAL SINCE 2010, AND HAD NOT HAD A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW. THE PILOT WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE COULD FLY THE AIRCRAFT AS A LIGHT SPORT PILOT, AND THEREFORE DID NOT REQUIRE A MEDICAL OR FLIGHT REVIEW.

## 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 WPR13CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA330), Jul 14, 2013: Kincaid Wade Dakota Hawk (N544WK), San Simon, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines during takeoff from an open field.

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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