# NTSB CHI08CA072: Avid MK-IV, N610K, Boswell, IN, January 27, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 27, 2008, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Boswell, IN - Coordinates: 40.542499, -87.420829 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5425&lon=-87.4208&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 28, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 67488 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA072 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67488/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA072 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition which resulted in a loss of directional control during a bounced landing. Factors associated with the accident were the improper flare, the crosswind, and the trees which the airplane contacted. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Avid MK-IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=0590064), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Avid MK-IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=0590064), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Avid MK-IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=0590064), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Avid MK-IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=0590064), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) - [Action: incomplete action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041040): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Avid MK-IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041040/cases.md?model=0590064), [All aircraft, 105 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Avid MK-IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=0590064), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [Avid MK-IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=0590064), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Avid MK-IV, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=0590064), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The airplane was being landed to the west on a 75 - 80-foot-wide grass airstrip when the accident occurred. The local winds were from the south-southwest at 12-15 miles per hour. The pilot stated that when he touched down the airplane bounced and became airborne to an altitude of about 10 feet above the airstrip. The airplane drifted off the right side of the airstrip and touched down a second time traveling into an area of pine trees. The fuselage traveled between two trees and the impact folded the wings back and wrinkled the fuselage. The left main gear also collapsed. ## Factual narrative On January 27, 2008, at 1530 eastern standard time, an Avid Aircraft MK-IV, collided with trees while landing at a private airstrip in Boswell, Indiana. The pilot was not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Kentland, Indiana, at 1500. The pilot reported he was landing to the west on the grass airstrip and the winds were from the south-southwest at 12-15 miles per hour. He stated the airstrip is approximately 75-80 wide. The pilot stated that when he touched down the airplane bounced and became airborne to an altitude of about 10 feet above the airstrip. The airplane drifted off the right side of the airstrip and touched down a second time traveling into an area of pine trees. The fuselage traveled between two trees and the impact folded the wings back and wrinkled the fuselage. The left main gear also collapsed. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N610K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N610K), registered now, S/N K1936G, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Avid Aircraft MK-IV - Registry model: [Avid MK-IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/avid-mk-iv) (registry code 0590189) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 582SER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (registry code 55556, 2 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: K1936G - Engines: Rotax 582 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Kenneth L. Goodman - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: 50I, KENTLAND, IN - Destination: PVT, Boswell, IN ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; flight hours: 1,040 total, 275 in this make and model, 1,005 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20080127011069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080127011069A), Jan 27, 2008: Amtr AVIDMARKIV, Fowler, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) On Sunday, January 27, 2007, an experimental aircraft being operated by a sport pilot was involved in an off airport landing accident. The avid mark iv… 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. 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