# NTSB DEN83LTM06: Jodel D11S, N722E, Bountiful, UT, August 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1983, 22:00 local (Aug 15, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Location: 40.8725° N, 111.8612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bountiful, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8725&lon=-111.8612&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16168
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LTM06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16168/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LTM06

## 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
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear strut - overload

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED AND SAID IT FELT LIKE HE RAN INTO STANDING WATER DURING ROLL-OUT. THE ACFT VEERED LEFT AND WENT THROUGH GRASS, ROCKS AND A DITCH. THE LEFT GEAR WAS PUNCHED UP THROUGH THE WING. THE RIGHT GEAR AND THE FLAPS WERE ALSO DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N722E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N722E-2024-12-14), registration cancelled 2024-12-14, S/N 2, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JODEL D11S
- Registry model: [Jodel D-11S](https://openairdocs.org/model/jodel-d-11s) (registry code 4700335) (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: 2
- Airframe hours: 605
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D2 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James A Willis
- Last inspection: Annual, November 11, 1982
- Departed: CDC, CEDAR CITY, UT
- Airport: 2, Salt Lake Skypark, runway 34, 4,700 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 352 total, 99 in this make and model, 327 as pilot in command, 56 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830814048939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830814048939A), Aug 14, 1983: Jodel D1190, Woods Cross, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit puddle of water on runway during landing, pilot lost directional control and aircraft hit ditch.

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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