# NTSB CEN14CA025: Aviat A 1B, N68PM, El Paso, TX, October 24, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 24, 2013, 16:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Coordinates: 31.719165, -106.236114 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7192&lon=-106.2361&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 19, 2013
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88330
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88330/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88330
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA025

## Probable cause

The pilot did not maintain directional control of the airplane while landing with a crosswind.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

While landing on runway 8, the airplane encountered a crosswind from the south. After the airplane touched down, the nose yawed 30 degrees to the right so the pilot advanced the throttle to perform a go-around. During the go-around, the tailwheel became entangled in a barbed-wire fence and the airplane impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

While landing on runway 08, the airplane encountered a crosswind from the south. After the airplane touched down, the nose yawed 30 degrees to the right so the pilot advanced the throttle to perform a go-around. During the go-around, the tailwheel became entangled in a barbed-wire fence and the airplane impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N68PM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A 1B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2340
- Year built: 2006
- Airframe hours: 425
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1D6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 15, 2013
- Departed: KROW, Roswell, NM
- Destination: T27, El Paso, TX
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: T27, Horizon Airport, runway 08, 5,457 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 15, 2012; seat: front; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 3,655 total, 534 in this make and model, 3,398 as pilot in command, 152 in the last 90 days, 33 in the last 30 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: KELP, 9 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20131024021609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131024021609A), Oct 24, 2013: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, El Paso, TX, Substantial damage. Winds were gusty and from variable directions. When pilot felt he would depart runway, added full power for go-around. Aircraft continued to the right off…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 16, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88330. 214 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 214 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40404442&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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.

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