- Date
- February 3, 1991, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9713EAeronca 11BC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910203001409A
- Case key
- 18061
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of experience in airplane type and crosswind conditions.
Analysis
The pilot rejected one landing attempt because the approach was too high and touchdown on the 5000-feet runway was made at about the 3000-feet point. The pilot noted a 6-knot crosswind and some turbulence. On his second landing attempt, the airplane bounced once, settled to the runway, then began drifting to the left. The pilot corrected with right rudder, and the airplane began drifting to the right. Airplane struck a snow bank on the right side of the runway. The pilot said he had landed at this airport before, but this was his first attempt in the Aeronca 11BC. He said he had lmited experience in airplanes equipped with a conventional landing gear, and even less experience in the Aeronca 11BC (27.6 hours).
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9713E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11BC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11AC-1354
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Durango Flying Vikings
- Airport
- 5CO0 · Animas Airpark, runway 19, 5,000 × 50 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 293 total · 28 in this make and model · 244 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 74 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRO, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.