20240120000819A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Orchard Richard W AIR CAM · Liberty Hill, TX · January 20, 2024

Date
January 20, 2024 · 13:20 local
Place
Liberty Hill, TX
Airport
Fly Navy
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1230R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA096
Reported as
Orchard Richard W AIR CAM
Reported engine
ROTAX 912
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
7,940 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft crashed just short of runway 05 onto the ground approximately 40 feet from the runway, slid a short distance (approximately 30 feet), and came to a final rest against a raised area of ground (approximately 7 feet tall raised dirt berm that was left-over from leveling the pilots private runway) approximately 20 feet from the runway 05 edge. Cause of crash was due to both engines stopping at the same time at an approximate altitude of 300 feet AGL and approximately 230 feet distance to the runway. The weather was clear, runway altitude approximately 1040 feet above sea level, air temperature approximately 2C/36F and dew point -13C/9F. The aircraft was on its third flight of the day and had two ground landings and one water landing. 1 pilot and 1 passenger onboard. No injury to the pilot, minor bruising only to the passenger. Aircraft has substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY 05 ONTO THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY, SLID A SHORT DISTANCE (APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET), AND CAME TO A FINAL REST AGAINST A RAISED AREA OF GROUND (APPROXIMATELY 7 FEET TALL RAISED DIRT BERM THAT WAS LEFT-OVER FROM LEVELING THE PILOTS PRIVATE RUNWAY) APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY 05 EDGE. CAUSE OF CRASH WAS DUE TO BOTH ENGINES STOPPING AT THE SAME TIME AT AN APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 300 FEET AGL AND APPROXIMATELY 230 FEET DISTANCE TO THE RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, RUNWAY ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 1040 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, AIR TEMPERATURE APPROXIMATELY 2C/36F AND DEW POINT -13C/9F. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS THIRD FLIGHT OF THE DAY AND HAD TWO GROUND LANDINGS AND ONE WATER LANDING. 1 PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER ONBOARD. NO INJURY TO THE PILOT, MINOR BRUISING ONLY TO THE PASSENGER. AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.