# Accident 20140529023889A: Meyers MAC-145, Oro Valley, AZ, May 29, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Oro Valley, AZ
- Airport: La Cholla Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4603° N, 110.9708° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4603&lon=-110.9708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34374, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34374) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyers MAC-145 (registry code 5650104, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-mac-145) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300-D (registry code 17176, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERS MAC-145
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300-D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 101 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140529023889A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 19 AT 57AZ.  UPON LOWERING THE TAIL, PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND FROM THE WEST WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERVANE INTO THE WIND. THE PILOT MADE TOO LARGE OF A CORRECTION WITH THE RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY, HITTING CACTUS AND A PALO VERDE TREE, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  2 POB-NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR14CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA224), May 29, 2014: Meyers MAC 145 (N34374), La Cholla, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's overcorrection to a wind gust, which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway veeroff.

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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