# Accident 20140526008109A: Meyers OTW-160, Tehachapi, CA, May 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2014, 13:48 local time
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Airport: Tehachapi Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1350° N, 118.4392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1350&lon=-118.4392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34341, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34341) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyers OTW-160 (registry code 5650208, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-otw-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Kinner R5 series (registry code 37504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/kinner-r5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERS OTW-160
- Reported engine: KINNER R5 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140526008109A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC WAS ON CLIMB OUT AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 29 AT KTSP WHEN HE DECIDED TO SHOW HIS FRIEND, HOW TO DO A SIMULATED EMERGENCY TURNBACK AND DOWNWIND LANDING. AT 500 FEET, THE PIC REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND MADE A 180 DEGREE RIGHT TURN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 11. WINDS WERE APX 320 AT 15 G20+. THE PIC LANDED LONG, APX 1/2-2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. WHILE ON ROLLOUT, HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WITH THE TAIL WINDS AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE APPLIED FULL POWER WHILE TRYING TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY, AND MADE A DOWNWIND TAKEOFF. HIS LANDING GEAR CLIPPED THE FENCE AT THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY, THE AIRCRAFT CART-WHEELED INTO THE STREET, AND STOPPED IN A POSITION WITH ITS NOSE INTO THE GROUND. BOTH PILOTS CLIMBED OUT AND WALKED AWAY.

## 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 WPR14CA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA210), May 26, 2014: Meyers OTW 160 (N34341), Tehachapi, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent collision with a fence.

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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