# Incident 20151010017499I: Aerotrike SAFARI HKS, Warrenton, VA, October 10, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2015, 10:40 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7154° N, 77.7976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warrenton, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7154&lon=-77.7976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotrike SAFARI HKS (registry code 05901ZG, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotrike-safari-hks) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: HKS 700E (registry code 33777, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hks-700e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROTRIKE SAFARI HKS
- Reported engine: HKS 700E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 315 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151010017499I

## Narrative

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

PIC EXECUTED ONE PREVIOUS ABORTED LANDING BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE, GUSTY CROSS-WIND CONDITIONS.

ON SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, PIC AGAIN ENCOUNTERED GUSTY CROSS-WINDS BUT DID NOT BEGIN THE ABORTED LANDING GO-AROUND UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS LESS THAN 15 FT ABOVE THE GROUND.

THE AIRCRAFT'S CLIMB PERFORMANCE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO CLEAR OBSTACLES BEFORE THE CROSS-WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT LATERALLY INTO THE TREES, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.

PRE-FLIGHT WIND FORECAST INDICATED A CROSS-WIND OF 5 TO 10 KNOTS.  PIC STATED THAT HIS TYPICAL CROSS-WIND LIMIT IS 8 KNOTS.

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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