# NTSB DEN86FTE01: Skurich FOCKE-WULF 190, N190FK, Falcon, CO, October 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1985, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Falcon, CO
- Coordinates: 39.029273, -104.480712 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0293&lon=-104.4807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16852
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86FTE01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16852/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FTE01

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,partial

## Analysis

THE ACFT GROUNDLOOPED TO THE RT DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AFTER LANDING. THE PLT WAS LANDING AT A ARPT WITH WATCH HE WAS UNFAMILAR. HE THOUGHT HE SAW WIRES AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RWY SO HE LANDED LONG AND THEN ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT FISHTAILED TO THE LEFT AND WHEN THE PLT OVERCORRECTED TO THE RT THE ACFT WENT OUT OF CONTRL AND DAMAGED THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N190FK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKURICH FOCKE-WULF 190 (FOCKE-WULF)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 45
- Airframe hours: 52
- Engines: LYCOMING O2-90D 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lawrence F. Wojdac
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, September 6, 1985, 52 hours before
- Departed: MCK, MCCOOK, NE
- Destination: COS, COLORADOSPRINGS, CO
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 00V, Meadow Lake, runway 15, 4,150 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 350 total, 52 in this make and model, 270 as pilot in command, 52 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- 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 19851005048979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851005048979A), Oct 5, 1985: Amtrwr FW190, Falcon, CO, Substantial damage. Landed long, tried a go around. Nose rose too high, right wing stalled, aircraft spun and hit with right wing first

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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