- Date
- November 8, 1999, 13:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- North Platte, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N517AMancini Vans RV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991108042789A
- Case key
- 47752
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Probable cause
aircraft control not being maintained by the pilot. A factor to the accident was the crosswind weather condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing flare, the wind 'weathercocked' the airplane to the right. The pilot stated that he added left rudder and power and as the airplane, '...came straight the wind got under the R [right] wing and lifted it vertical.' The pilot reported that the left wing tip contacted the ground and the airplane cartwheeled hitting the nose, then the right wingtip, and finally the tail. The airplane came to rest in an up-right attitude.
Factual narrative
On November 8, 1999, at 1335 central standard time, a Mancini Vans RV-4, N517A, built and piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage, following a loss of control during landing on runway 12 (8,000 feet by 150 feet, dry/concrete), at the North Platte Regional Airport, North Platte, Nebraska. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight originally departed Santa Fe Municipal Airport, Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 1030.
According to the pilot's written statement, during the landing flare, the wind "weathercocked" the airplane to the right. The pilot stated that he added left rudder and power and as the airplane, "...came straight the wind got under the R [right] wing and lifted it vertical." The pilot reported that the left wing tip contacted the ground and the airplane cartwheeled hitting the nose, then the right wingtip, and finally the tail. The airplane came to rest in an up-right attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N517A
- Reported as
- Mancini Vans RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 815
- Airframe hours
- 240
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Angelo John Mancini
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1999 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- LBF
- Airport
- LBF · North Platte Regional, runway 12, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,064 total · 252 in this make and model · 1,022 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.