# NTSB LAX00LA187: Fairchild KR-21, Marana, AZ, May 7, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 2000, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Marana, AZ
- Coordinates: 32.449695, -111.289596 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4497&lon=-111.2896&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00LA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49153/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA187

## Probable cause

Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light

## Analysis

The wind was light and variable during landing.  Touchdown was uneventful, but during the landing roll the airplane veered to the right and the lower wing contacted the ground.  The airplane departed the runway, and struck a runway edge light.  The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On May 7, 2000, about 1120 hours mountain standard time, a Fairchild KR-21, NC206V, sustained substantial damage when it veered off the runway at the Marana Northwest Regional Airport, Marana, Arizona.  The owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91.  The commercial pilot and a student pilot rated passenger were not injured.  The personal cross-country flight departed Buckeye, Arizona, about 1000.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.

The pilot stated he was landing on runway 12 and the winds were light and variable.  Touchdown was uneventful, but during the landing roll the airplane veered to the right.  The airplane departed the runway, and struck a runway edge light.  The left wing contacted the ground damaging several ribs, the fabric, and the wing spar.  The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: NC206V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Fairchild KR-21
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1030
- Airframe hours: 2345
- Engines: Kinner B-5 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerome C Yochelson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2000, 13 hours before
- Departed: BXK, BUCKEYE, AZ
- Destination: E14, AZ
- Airport: E14, Marana Nw Reg, runway 12, 6,901 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: rear; flight hours: 8,781 total, 13 in this make and model, 5,515 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DMA, 23 nm away

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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