# NTSB DEN00LA098: Rosenvall Avid MK IV, N63827, Salina, UT, May 25, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 25, 2000, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Salina, UT
- Coordinates: 38.949748, -111.82991 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9497&lon=-111.8299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49333
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49333/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA098

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll.  A factor was gusting winds from nearby thunderstorms.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

The pilot said that several thunderstorms had just passed over the airfield.  After he landed, a gust of wind struck the airplane, and it departed the right side of runway 02. He said that the airplane impacted rough terrain, and as a result, the right wing tip was bent and the fuselage fabric was wrinkled.

## Factual narrative

On May 25, 2000, at 1500 mountain daylight time, a Rosenvall Avid MK IV experimental amateur-built airplane, N63827, was substantially damaged during landing at Salina-Gunnison Airport, Salina, Utah.  The commercial pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane, was not injured.  The airplane was being operated by the pilot under Title 14 CFR Part 91.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight that originated approximately 30 minutes before the accident.  No flight plan had been filed.

The pilot said that several thunderstorms had just passed over the airfield.  After he landed, a gust of wind struck the airplane, and it departed the right side of runway 02.  He said that the airplane impacted rough terrain, and as a result, the right wing tip was bent and the fuselage fabric was wrinkled.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63827](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63827), registered now, S/N 19245 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Rosenvall AVID MK IV
- Registry model: [Rosenvall Don Clyde AVID MK IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/rosenvall-don-clyde-avid-mk-iv) (registry code 05607HT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 19245
- Airframe hours: 48
- Engines: Subaru EA-81 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Don C. Rosenvall (Clyde)
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 20, 2000, 48 hours before
- Departed: RIF, RICHFIELD, UT
- Destination: 44U
- Airport: 44U, Salina-Gunnison Airport, runway 2, 3,815 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,500 total, 48 in this make and model, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PVU, 75 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 20000525012939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000525012939A), May 25, 2000: Salina, UT, No damage. (-23) During a gusty crosswind landing the aircraft drifted off the left side of the runway and into a ravine. The aircraft sustained damage to the right wing,…

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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