- Date
- October 8, 1992, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67433Howard DGA-15P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921008041389A
- Case key
- 15604
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot, the pilot's over confidence in his personal ability, and airplane performance data not followed by the pilot.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot of the classic tailwheel airplane was performing a crosswind landing. The winds the airplane encountered were approximately 60 to 80 degrees to the left of the airplane's nose and 23 to 35 knots in velocity. The pilot stated the airplane began a turn to the left upon landing which could not be stopped with rudder and brake. The pilot said he had performed many successful crosswind landings before, under conditions similar to that which he had encountered on the accident date. The airplane's left main landing gear separated from the airframe shortly after it departed the runway environment. The left wing shattered, according to the pilot, when it contacted the ground. According to the airplane's pilot operating handbook, the maximum 90 degree crosswind component is 12 miles per hour.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67433
- Reported as
- Howard DGA-15P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 563
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clayton Graves
- Registered owner
- Clayton Graves
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1992 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- MVI · Monte' Vista, CO
- Destination
- BEC · Wichita, KS
- Airport
- BEC · Beech Factory Airport, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 76
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 860 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 23 knots, gusting 39
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 10 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.