# NTSB LAX89DVG10: Minicab Hawk, N5671, Montaque, CA, September 9, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1989, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Montaque, CA
- Coordinates: 41.759407, -122.389282 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7594&lon=-122.3893&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 22, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26172
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89DVG10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26172/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVG10

## Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND WENT OVER ON ITS BACK AFTER LANDING. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT REPORTEDLY STATED HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT OR ITS FLIGHT CONTROLS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH NO GUSTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5671](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5671-2018-03-05), registration cancelled 2018-03-05, S/N 714, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MINICAB HAWK
- Registry model: [Minicab HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/minicab-hawk) (registry code 05601UY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: NONE
- Airframe hours: 1239
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James L. Rice
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 4, 1989, 15 hours before
- Airport: S1Y, Siskiyou County, runway 35, 7,400 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 261 total, 10 in this make and model, 220 as pilot in command, 58 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F

## 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 19890909034269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890909034269A), Sep 9, 1989: Amtrsg MINICABHAWK, Montague, CA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing the homebuilt, left the runway and overturned.

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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