- Date
- April 10, 2018, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Edgewood, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1685Bice David E Bearhawk
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180410010489A
- Case key
- 97011
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped, experimental, amateur-built airplane, during landing, the airplane encountered a left crosswind gust. The pilot lost directional control of the airplane, and it exited the left side of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar. The METAR nearest the accident site reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was light and variable at 3 knots; there were no reported gusts. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped, experimental amateur-built airplane, during landing the airplane encountered a left crosswind gust. The pilot lost directional control of the airplane and exited the left side of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to right wing spar. The METAR nearest the accident site reported that, about the time of the accident the wind was light and variable at 3 knots. There were no reported gusts and the ceiling was broken at 30,000 feet. The temperature was 63°F and the dew point was 19°F. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1685
- Reported as
- Bice David E Bearhawk (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 030-53/54-704
- Built
- 2008
- Airframe hours
- 359
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lane Aviation LLC.
- Registered owner
- Lane Aviation LLC.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 2018
- Departed
- 1N1 · Edgewood, NM
- Destination
- 1N1 · Edgewood, NM
- Airport
- 1N1 · Sandia Airpark Estates East, runway 27, 4,830 × 30 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 22, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,369 total · 11 in this make and model · 1,369 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.34 inHg
- Observed at
- KABQ, 22 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 28, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1685 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.