# Accident 20230512013189A: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1C-180, Elko, NV, May 12, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2023, 10:45 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12HD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12HD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1C-180 (registry code 2210410, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1c-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1P (registry code 42259, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1C-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,873 total, 423 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230512013189A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLIGHT DEPARTED KHND - HENDERSON, NV AT 6:55 AM, DESTINATION KEKO - ELKO, NV. DEPARTED VFR AND OBTAINED VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICES FROM LAS VEGAS APPROACH CONTROL. ONCE CLEAR OF LAS VEGAS AIRSPACE CLIMBED TO HIS INITIAL CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 8500 FT AND PROCEEDED ON COURSE TO KEKO - ELKO, NV. CLIMBED TO 10500 FT FOR A PORTION OF THE FLIGHT FOR TERRAIN AVOIDANCE. STARTED HIS DECENT INTO HIS DESTINATION AND OBTAINED BOTH ON BOARD AND ASOS WEATHER INFORMATION FOR KEKO WHICH REPORTED WINDS VARIABLE AT 5 KTS. INITIALLY PLANNED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 05 BUT UPON HIS INITIAL POSITION CALL INTO KEKO THERE WAS ONE PLANE IN THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 23 AND ONE PLANE DEPARTING RUNWAY 23. AT THAT POINT HE MADE THE DECISION TO LAND RUNWAY 23. APPROACHING THE AIRPORT HE ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 23 MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING.

AT JUST BEFORE OR RIGHT AT TOUCHDOWN HE FELT AND OBSERVED THE TAIL OF THE PLANE SHIFT TO THE LEFT AND A RISE. ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH STICK AND RUDDER INPUTS BUT FAILED TO GET THE CONDITION CORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT AND ASSESSING THE SITUATION HE OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK INDICATING THE WIND COMING FROM OUT OF THE NORTH FROM AROUND 010 TO 020 INDICATING A QUARTERING TAILWIND.

I SPOKE WITH OPS FLM WHO RECOMMNEDED REMEDIAL TRAINING.

## 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 WPR23LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA190), May 12, 2023: Aviat A-1C-180 (N12HD), Elko, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing with a quartering tailwind.

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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