# NTSB GAA18CA439: Wayne D. Teel Waiex, N49YX, Kinsey, KS, July 20, 2018 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 20, 2018, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Kinsey, KS - Coordinates: 38.526367, -96.725914 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5264&lon=-96.7259&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 5, 2019 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 97882 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA18CA439 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97882/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=97882 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA439 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting crosswind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05904G1), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=05904G1), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=05904G1), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=05904G1), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md?model=05904G1), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=05904G1), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=05904G1), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05904G1), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, the tailwheel-equipped airplane encountered a strong crosswind gust from the left during the landing roll. The airplane turned left into the wind and then exited the left side of the runway. The airplane collided with cornstalks and came to rest in a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. An automated weather observation station located about 23 miles from accident site reported, about 26 minutes before the accident, wind from 100° at 16 knots, gusting to 20 knots. The airplane landed on runway 18. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot, the tailwheel-equipped airplane encountered a strong crosswind gust from the left during the landing roll. The airplane turned to the left, into the wind, and exited the left side of the runway. The airplane collided with cornstalks and came to rest in a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N49YX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49YX), registered now, S/N W0049, built 2008 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: WAYNE D. TEEL Waiex - Registry model: [Teel Wayne D WAIEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/teel-wayne-d-waiex) (registry code 05904G1) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Viking 110](https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-110) (registry code 63700, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: W0049 - Year built: 2008 - Airframe hours: 219 - Engines: VIKING AIRCRAFT ENGINES HF-110 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, May 1, 2018 - Departed: 33K, Kinsey, KS - Destination: 33K, Kinsey, KS - Airport: 33K, Kinsley Muni, runway 18, 3,290 × 56 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Onboard weather, Auto-pilot, Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 26, 2016; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 459 total, 43 in this make and model, 307 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 100° at 16 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: KLQR, 23 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20180720017419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180720017419A), Jul 20, 2018: Teel Wayne D WAIEX, Kinsley, KS, Substantial damage. While landing in a left crosswind on runway 18 of the Kinsley Municipal Airport, KS (33K), pilot lost control and the aircraft departed the right (west) side… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 22, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=97882. 3.6 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40471285&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Photo (item 2, .PDF, 1 photo, 188 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40471286&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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