# NTSB DEN84FTK01: Baking Duce, N6769, Rapid City, SD, October 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1983, 14:01 local (20:01 UTC)
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Coordinates: 44.069961, -103.229133 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0700&lon=-103.2291&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): 16253
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84FTK01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16253/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FTK01

## 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 - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY DURING LANDING AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE ACFT BACK ONTO THE RWY THE GEAR HIT THE EDGE OF THE RWY. THERE WAS A 7 TO 10 KT CROSSWIND ON RWY 14 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE ACFT HAD JUST BEEN PURCHASED AND THE PLT FLYING HAD 140 HOURS TOTAL FLYING TIME WITH ONLY 3 HOURS IN ACFT WITH CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6769](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6769-2008-08-06), registration cancelled 2008-08-06, S/N 157, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAKING DUCE
- Registry model: [Thomas John BAKENG DUCE](https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-john-bakeng-duce) (registry code 0563203) (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: 157
- Airframe hours: 576
- Engines: LYCOMING O-29O-D 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James A. Regester
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 23, 1983, 56 hours before
- Airport: RAP, Rapid City Regional, runway 14, 7,421 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 140 total, 72 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RAP

## 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 19831029056009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831029056009A), Oct 29, 1983: Amtrbg BAKENGDUCE, Rapid City, SD, Substantial damage. Lost control of tail dragger on his first landing in type. Ran off the runway. Collapsed the gear trying to return.

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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