- Date
- August 12, 2000, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ely, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N213HDickenson Avid Magnum
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000812005709A
- Case key
- 49970
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for a gusting crosswind that resulted in a loss of directional control and subsequent collision with the ground.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing in a crosswind, the pilot lost directional control and subsequently collided with the dirt at the runway edge. The landing gear and wings were damaged while attempting to execute a go-around. According to the pilot, the crosswind gust was about 20 knots and when he lost directional control, he applied full power. Unable to regain flying speed, the airplane hit the dirt in a nose down position.
Factual narrative
On August 12, 2000, at 1130 hours Pacific daylight time, a Dickenson Avid Magnum experimental airplane, N213H, landed hard and sheered off the landing gear at Yelland Field, Ely, Nevada, airport. The airplane, owned and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The local area personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not filed. The flight originated at Ely approximately 15 minutes before the accident.
According to his report, the pilot was landing on runway 18. The wind was gusting to 20 knots from the west. A wind gust resulted in a loss of directional control. The pilot applied full power to the engine, attempting to regain control of the airplane. He was unable to obtain flying speed and subsequently "hit the dirt in a nose down position." There were no mechanical discrepancies with the airplane.
The airplane landed hard, sheered off the landing gear, and damaged both wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N213H
- Reported as
- Dickenson Avid Magnum (AVID MAGNU)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 13
- Airframe hours
- 140
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Dickenson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- ELY
- Airport
- KELY · Yelland Field, runway 18, 6,018 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 130 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 190 °F, dew point 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KEL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.