# NTSB LAX00LA150: Taylor Smith Witman W-10, N90TS, Riverside, CA, April 11, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 2000, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Coordinates: 33.989463, -117.440597 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9895&lon=-117.4406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 48931
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00LA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48931/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA150

## Probable cause

failure of the pilot to recover from a bounced landing resulting in a loss of directional control and collision with a fence.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence

## Analysis

The pilot made a 3-point landing, then bounced back into the air.  He added power and the airplane veered to the left. The airplane departed the runway and collided with a fence running parallel to the runway.

## Factual narrative

On April 11, 2000, about 1030 hours Pacific daylight time, an experimental Taylor Smith Witman W-10, N90TS, sustained substantial damage when it veered off the runway and collided with a fence while landing at Flabob Airport, Riverside, California.  The private pilot/owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and suffered minor injuries.  The local personal flight departed about 1015 and stayed in the landing pattern.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.

The pilot informed the Federal Aviation Administration accident coordinator that he made a 3-point landing, then bounced back into the air.  He added power and the airplane veered to the left.  The airplane departed the runway and collided with a fence running parallel to the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N90TS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90TS-2005-09-22), registration cancelled 2005-09-22, S/N 587, built 1990 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLOR SMITH WITMAN W-10 (WITMAN W-1)
- Registry model: [Smith Taylor WITTMANW-10](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-taylor-wittmanw-10) (registry code 9790527) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 587
- Airframe hours: 52
- Engines: Lycoming O-290-G 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Taylor Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 10, 1999, 5 hours before
- Departed: RIR
- Airport: RIR, Flabob, runway 24, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 78; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 378 total, 42 in this make and model, 280 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RAL, 4 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 20000411005979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000411005979A), Apr 11, 2000: Amtr WITTAILW10, Riverside/Rubid, CA, Substantial damage. (.23) The pilot reported that he was on final approach for landing on runway 24, at the flabob airport (rir), rubidoux, CA., and was attempting to make a three…

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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