- Date
- July 6, 2018, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dixie, ID
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N891DCAviat A-1C
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area overshoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180706009189A
- Case key
- 97721
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate approach in gusting tailwind conditions, which resulted in a runway overshoot.
Findings · 5
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
The pilot reported that, during approach to a backcountry, private dirt airstrip, the wind was swirling, and he decided to go around. During the second landing attempt, the airplane descended below the treetops surrounding the airstrip, which prevented the pilot's ability to safely perform a go around, and a wind gust from behind the airplane pushed it past the end of the runway into trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that the wind was variable at 15 knots, gusting to 15 to 20 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, during approach to a backcountry, private dirt airstrip, the wind was swirling, and he decided to go around. During the second landing attempt, when the airplane descended below the treetops surrounding the airstrip preventing his ability to safety perform a go around, a wind gust from behind pushed the airplane past the end of the runway into trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that the wind was variable at 15 knots, gusting 15 to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N891DC
- Reported as
- Aviat A-1C (180)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3202
- Built
- 2014
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1P, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 2017
- Departed
- MYL · Mc Call, ID
- Destination
- PVT · Dixie, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PVT · Private, runway W, 1,300 × 150 ft, dirt
- Equipment
- None
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
- 65
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 18, 2017
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- KGIC, 38 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 10, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.0 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.