- Date
- October 5, 1994, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marble Falls, TX
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N600CWWinn RV-6A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941005033729A
- Case key
- 19279
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for the wind conditions. A factor was the unfavorable winds.
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
During landing runway 17 the pilot encountered a 'severe down draft' and the aircraft impacted short resulting in damage to the fuselage and wings. Evidence at the accident scene (bent vegetation) revealed strong gusting winds from the south. The pilot reported wind was from the south at about 20 knots.
Factual narrative
On October 5, 1994, at 1145 central daylight time, a Winn RV-6A, N600CW, was substantially damaged during landing at Marble Falls, Texas. The pilot/owner was not injured during the visual meteorological conditions flight.
During an interview with the pilot, conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot stated that during the approach to runway 17 the aircraft "encountered a severe down draft and was slammed into a slope 30 - 50 feet from the runway." The resulting impact damaged the fuselage and wings. A video taken at the scene exhibited the vegetation bent over from southerly winds. The pilot reported winds from the south at about 20 knots under clear skies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600CW
- Reported as
- Winn RV-6A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 20755
- Airframe hours
- 94
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Winn, Charles And Kathy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- DWH · Houston, TX
- Destination
- 4R2 · TX
- Airport
- 4R2 · Horseshoe Bay, runway 17, 6,000 × 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,714 total · 94 in this make and model · 1,632 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.