# Accident 20180311002259A: Lyons Robert NAVAJO HKS, Arlington, WA, March 11, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2018, 15:30 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1603° N, 122.1650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1603&lon=-122.1650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1762C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1762C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lyons Robert NAVAJO HKS (registry code 05903LC, https://openairdocs.org/model/lyons-robert-navajo-hks) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: HKS 700E (registry code 33777, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hks-700e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LYONS ROBERT NAVAJO HKS
- Reported engine: HKS 700E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 580 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180311002259A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 11, 2018 AT, OR ABOUT, 1530 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KAWO).  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN JUST PAST THE LAST TAXIWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.  AT TOUCHDOWN AS THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DECELERATING THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO OSCILLATE RIGHT TO LEFT, THE OSCILLATIONS GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORST UNTIL THEY REACHED A POINT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.  AFTER COMING TO A STOP THE PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT; HE RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT KNEE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED; BOTH WINGS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, ALONG WITH WING SUPPORT STRUTS, ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES WAS BENT AND DELAMINATED AND THE LANDING GEAR STRUTS WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 WPR18LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA109), Mar 11, 2018: Lyons Robert Navajo HKS (N1762C), Arlington, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point, which required his use of heavy braking to stop on the…

## Other reports on N1762C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080806841979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080806841979A), Aug 6, 2008: N1762C, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was giving dual instruction to [privacy data omitted] in a lyons rober navajo hks an experimental weight shift powered glider.…

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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