# NTSB DEN08IA080: Hill Hatz CB-1, N8032Y, Erie, CO, April 13, 2008

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: April 13, 2008, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Erie, CO
- Coordinates: 40.009998, -105.047775
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0100&lon=-105.0478&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67898
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN08IA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67898/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08IA080

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.  A contributing factor was the gusty wind conditions.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause)

## Analysis

While landing on runway 33, the airplane encountered a gust of wind.  The pilot reported the winds were from 040 degrees at 7 knots and gusting.  The main landing gear touched down followed by the tailwheel.  When the tailwheel touched down, "the airplane swerved sharply to the right."  The airplane departed the runway and impacted the edge of an adjacent taxiway surface.  Examination of the airplane showed minor damage to the landing gear, left wing tip and firewall.  The firewall for this airframe is not considered as major structure affecting the structural strength of the airplane.

## Factual narrative

While landing on runway 33, the airplane encountered a gust of wind.  The pilot reported the winds were from 040 degrees at 7 knots and gusting.  The main landing gear touched down followed by the tailwheel.  When the tailwheel touched down, "the airplane swerved sharply to the right."  The airplane departed the runway and impacted the edge of an adjacent taxiway surface.  Examination of the airplane showed minor damage to the landing gear, left wing tip and firewall.  The firewall for this airframe is not considered as major structure affecting the structural strength of the airplane.  The pilot and passenger were not injured.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8032Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8032Y), registered now, S/N 6, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Hill Hatz CB-1
- Registry model: [Hill Raymond J HATZ CB-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/hill-raymond-j-hatz-cb-1) (registry code 05655X1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 6
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-B1X reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jeffery J. Cain
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Normal
- Departed: EIK, Erie, CO
- Airport: EIK, Erie Muncipal Airport, runway 33

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 1,140 total, 870 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days, 5 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 20080413831799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080413831799A), Apr 13, 2008: Hillra CB1, Erie, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) 04/13/08 - N8032Y aircraft N8032Y experienced a gust of wind after landing and veered off runway 33 at Erie, CO (eik). After exiting the runway to the…

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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