# Accident 20240414003899A: Paul Laidlaw F1 ROCKET, Payson, AZ, April 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2024, 15:48 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2568° N, 111.3388° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2568&lon=-111.3388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75KM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Paul Laidlaw F1 ROCKET (registry code 05638WE, https://openairdocs.org/model/paul-laidlaw-f1-rocket) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerosport IO-540-D4A5 (registry code 01308, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-io-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PAUL LAIDLAW F1 ROCKET
- Reported engine: AEROSPORT IO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 868 total, 272 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240414003899A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT APPROACHED THE PAYSON AIRPORT (KPAN) FROM THE NORTH.  THE PILOT CHECKED THE AWOS AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN APPROACH WITH A CONTINGENCY TO GO AROUND AND RETURN TO GLENDALE IF THE LANDING HAD TO BE ABORTED FOR ANY REASON. THE PILOT TURNED SOUTHWEST TO SET UP A 45 DEG ENTRY TO RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 24. HE WOULD BE FOLLOWING A PIPER THAT WAS INBOUND TO LAND VIA THE RIGHT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 24. THE PILOT SAID THAT RUNWAY 24 WAS PREFERRED FOR WIND DIRECTION AND WAS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL.  HE  INDICATED HE ENTERED A RIGHT DOWNWIND AS THE PIPER TURNED BASE TO FINAL.  HE PROCEEDED WITH THE PRE-LANDING CHECKS AND CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING.  THE PILOT OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK, WHICH WAS LOCATED JUST BEYOND HIS INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT,  THE WINDSOCK INDICATED A VARIABLE CROSSWIND,  CONSISTENT WITH THE AWOS REPORT. THE WINDSOCK WAS NOT FULLY DEFLECTED  THE PILOT SETUP A CROSS-WIND CORRECTION TO MAINTAIN THE CENTER LINE ON THE APPROACH AND CARRIED 5-10 KTS ADDITIONAL SPEED, CONSIDERING THE WIND DIRECTION AND VARIABILITY.  THE PILOT INDICATED HE TOUCHED DOWN JUST BEYOND THE 1000-FOOT MARKERS ON THE RUNWAY.  ON TOUCHDOWN THERE WAS A SLIGHT BOUNCE, FOLLOWED BY A DRIFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE PILOT INDICATED HE MADE A CORRECTION USING THE RUDDER AND AILERON TO MAINTAIN THE CENTERLINE THEN ADDED POWER TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND.  AS THE PILOT STARTED TO GO AROUND HE SAID THERE WAS AN ABRUPT WIND VELOCITY CHANGE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT INDUCING AN ABRUPT BANK ANGLE TO THE RIGHT AND AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT SAID HE THEN HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE WING TIP CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.  NOT KNOWING, THE ORIGIN OF THE GRINDING NOISE, DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT BANK ANGLE, HE ABORTED THE GO-AROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GROUND, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC24LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA028), Apr 14, 2024: Team Rocket F1 (N75KM), Payson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in gusting crosswind conditions.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.