# Accident 20180528006269A: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. F21, Payette, ID, May 28, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2018, 10:53 local time
- Place: Payette, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0944° N, 116.9036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0944&lon=-116.9036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2004U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2004U-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft F21 (registry code 8850906, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT AVIATION CORP. F21
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 19 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180528006269A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT PILOT (AP), A STUDENT PILOT, REPORTED THE ENTIRE SEQUENCE OF THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT IN DETAIL.   THE PURPOSE OF THE DAY'S FLIGHT WAS TO ACCUMULATE TIME AND PROFICIENCY.

THE AP REPORTED A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT (7.5 HOURS).  THE AP PREFLIGHTED THE AIRCRAFT,  A TAYLORCRAFT F-21, AND SERVICED IT WITH 5.7 GALLONS OF FUEL.  THE AP REPORTED NO AIRWORTHINESS CONCERNS.  THE TAKEOFF, CLIMB OUT, AND PATTERN WORK WERE REPORTED TO BE UNEVENTFUL.

AS THE AP SET UP FOR THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 31, THE AP NOTED GUSTY WINDS  FROM THE WEST AT APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND TO REATTEMPT THE LANDING.  ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE AP REPORTED BEING TOO HIGH OVER THE RUNWAY AND DECIDED TO EXECUTE ANOTHER GO-AROUND.

ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE AP REPORTED THE WINDS SEEMED LESSER THAN BEFORE AND HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AP REPORTED A STRONG GUST OF WIND  FROM THE WEST (LEFT), CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRAB LEFT, BOUNCE, THEN SHOOT TO THE RIGHT AT AN ANGLE OF 20 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTER (WITNESS MARKS ON THE RUNWAY SUPPORT THIS DESCRIPTION).  THE AP ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER FOR ANOTHER GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TOWARD NEWLY PLOWED GROUND 20 FT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT FLEW APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET BEFORE SETTLING INTO THE SOFT DIRT OF THE  PLOWED FIELD (NEXT TO THE RUNWAY) AND IMMEDIATELY NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.  THE AP SHUTDOWN ALL SYSTEMS AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHURT.   THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AS RESULT OF THE NOSE-OVER.  THE MAIN SPAR WAS BROKEN AND THE AFT SPAR WAS CRACKED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE AP.

THE AP REITERATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE OR DURING FLIGHT.

THE AP'S INSTRUCTOR WAS CONTACTED.  THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED AS SOON AS PRACTICAL.

COUNSELED THE STUDENT PILOT IN CONCERT WITH AN OPERATIONS ASI AND THE FSDO FAAST REPRESENTATIVE.  AP EXHIBITED A RECEPTIVE AND WILLING ATTITUDE.

PILOT HAS A "PENDING" ON HIS STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE WHICH CAN NOT BE ENTERED INTO THE FORM ABOVE.

## 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 GAA18CA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA302), May 28, 2018: Taylorcraft F21 (N2004U), Payette, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing with a crosswind and his subsequent failure to maintain airspeed during an aborted landing, which resulted in a collision…

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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