# NTSB DEN02LA059: Howard DGA-15P, N9471H, Deming, NM, June 24, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 24, 2002, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC) - Place: Deming, NM - Coordinates: 32.251945, -107.717224 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2519&lon=-107.7172&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 1, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 55053 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN02LA059 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55053/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55053 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA059 ## Probable cause The loss of aircraft directional control during the landing roll as a result of encountering a dust devil. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with weather, landing - roll - weather condition - dust devil/whirlwind (cause) - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - other ## Analysis The pilot said that during landing roll on runway 26 he encountered a dust devil. He said that the airplane abruptly entered an uncommanded right turn and exited the runway. The airplane impacted a large mesquite bush separating the right landing gear and breaking the right wing spars near the wing's tip. ## Factual narrative On June 24, 2002, at approximately 1410 mountain daylight time, a Howard Aircraft DGA-15P, N9471H, was substantially damaged when it departed the runway and impacted a bush during landing roll at Deming Municipal Airport, Deming, New Mexico. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, received no injuries. The pilot/owner was operating the aircraft under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross-country flight which originated 2:18 hours before the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plan The pilot said that during landing roll on runway 26, he encountered a dust devil. The airplane abruptly entered an uncommanded right turn and exited the runway. The airplane impacted a large mesquite bush, separating the right landing gear and breaking the right wing spars near the wing's tip. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9471H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9471H-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N 813 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Howard Aircraft DGA-15P - Registry model: [Howard DGA-15P](https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-dga-15p) (registry code 4690506) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 813 - Airframe hours: 1931 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Jules I. Gilpatrick - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 15, 2002, 7 hours before - Departed: FST, Ft. Stockton, TX - Destination: DMN, Deming, NM - Airport: DMN, Deming Municipal Arpt, runway 26, 6,626 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review June 30, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 5,412 total, 64 in this make and model, 5,403 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 330° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 100 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.02 inHg - Observed at: DMN ## 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 20020624013669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020624013669A), Jun 24, 2002: Howard DGA15P, Deming, NM, Substantial damage. (.19) On June 24, 2002 approximately 1415 central daylight time, a Howard aircraft DGA-15P, N9471H, was substantially damaged when it departed the runway and… ## Other investigations on N9471H (1) 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. - [NTSB WPR18LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA278), Sep 30, 2018: Howard DGA 15P (N9471H), Kernville, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during initial climb due to fuel starvation. ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 10, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55053. 415 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 415 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40447690&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.