- Date
- July 2, 1989, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Evanston, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1113EStitts SA7D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890702018759A
- Case key
- 17733
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Probable cause
Improper compensation by the pilot for wind conditions. Contributing factors were: high density altitude, unfavorable wind, and downdraft.
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
The plt rprtd that while on an apch for a landing at a high altitude arpt with a density alt of 9800 ft, the acft encountered a strong downdraft. The apch was being made to rwy 23 with a wind from the southwest at 18 KTS. The plt said the downdraft occurred when the acft was at about 50 ft AGL & that she added power to land further down the rwy. However, the downdraft forced the acft to the rwy & it landed hard which damaged the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1113E
- Reported as
- Stitts SA7D
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- DCB-1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Griggs, Harley & Linda
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- OGD · Ogden, UT
- Destination
- EVW
- Airport
- EVW · Evanston, runway 23, 7,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 16 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.