# Accident 20241020017309A: Seifert Dale E HIGHLANDER, Elko, NV, October 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2024, 16:23 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0000° N, 115.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0000&lon=-115.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716DW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Seifert Dale E HIGHLANDER (registry code 0561929, https://openairdocs.org/model/seifert-dale-e-highlander) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEIFERT DALE E HIGHLANDER
- Reported engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 499 total, 37 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241020017309A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT KEKO ON RUNWAY 12 DUE TO THE WIND BEING REPORTED AS 180 DEGREES AT 5 KTS WITH NO GUSTS. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED RUNWAY 12, THE MISHAP PILOT SET UP FOR A THREE-POINT LANDING THAT INITIALLY APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED TO A THREE-POINT ATTITUDE, THE PILOT NOTICED A HIGH RATE OF DECENT AND PROCEEDED TO CORRECT THE CONDITION BEFORE DECIDING TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN FIRMLY AT FULL THROTTLE AND STRUGGLED TO GET INTO THE AIR. FLAPS WERE SET AT 40 DEGREES. AS THE AIRCRAFT ASCENDED, THE RIGHT WING LIFTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED TO THE LEFT TOWARDS A ROW OF HANGARS. THE PILOT PERFORMED AIRCRAFT INPUTS TO AVOID HITTING THE HANGARS AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED THE GROUND AND SPUN TO THE LEFT. THE RIGHT GEAR BROKE OFF UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WING AND RIGHT AILERON.

COUNSELING WAS ACCOMPLISHED, REF ACT. #WP11202500382

## 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 WPR25LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA022), Oct 20, 2024: Seifert Dale E Highlander (N716DW), Elko, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain direction control during a go-around, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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