- Date
- October 22, 1982, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Watertown, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3133LEipper-Formance MX-II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821022058219A
- Case key
- 72977
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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
While on rollout a gust of wind caught the aircraft's right wing and caused the aircraft to swerve to the left. The pilot attempted to compensate by applying full power but the aircraft traveled left, out of control and collided with a row of "t" hangars.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3133L
- Reported as
- Eipper-Formance MX-II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MX-II-001
- Airframe hours
- 30
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl Fischer
- Registered owner
- Carl Fischer
- Departed
- ATY · Watertown, SD
- Destination
- ATY · Watertown, SD
- Airport
- ATY · Watertown Municipal, runway 12, 6,901 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 639 total · 30 in this make and model · 540 as pilot in command · 117 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.