- Date
- October 4, 2020, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N912REEvolution Revolt
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20201004017119A
- Case key
- 102170
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing following a hard landing and failure of the right main tire.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was landing the weight-shift control aircraft when the right main tire failed and he lost directional control. He reported that the landing was hard, but he had landed hard before without issues. The aircraft rolled onto its side, which resulted in substantial damage to the wing structure. The tire was disposed of before it could be examined, but photographs of the tire showed it had failed and split down the center groove. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the weight-shift control aircraft that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N912RE
- Reported as
- Evolution Revolt
- Category
- Weight-shift
- Serial number
- 001001
- Built
- 2017
- Airframe hours
- 163.3
- Engine
- Rotax 912 WLS, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2020
- Departed
- K00C · Durango, CO
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KDRO · Durango-La Plata County Airport, runway 03, 9,201 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Airframe parachute, Electronic multifunction display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Sport pilot, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 25, 2020
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 2,429 total · 1.5 in this make and model · 2,360 as pilot in command · 18.1 in the last 90 days · 15.2 in the last 30 days · 1.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.16 inHg
- Observed at
- KDRO
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 4, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.