- Date
- August 9, 1995, 14:57 local (21:57 UTC)
- Place
- Elko, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12TQAviat A-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950809030299A
- Case key
- 29177
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Probable cause
the pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he made a hard landing and the left tire blew out. He subsequently lost directional control and veered off the right-hand side of the runway, damaging the aircraft structure at the landing gear attach point.
Factual narrative
On August 9, 1995, at 1457 Pacific daylight time, an Aviat A-1, N12TQ, sustained structural damage following a hard landing and loss of directional control at Elko, Nevada. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot and was on a local area personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. Neither the certificated private pilot nor his one passenger was injured. The flight originated at the Elko Municipal Airport on the day of the accident at 1400 as a local flight.
The pilot reported that he made a hard landing and the left tire blew out. He subsequently lost directional control and veered off the right hand side of the runway, damaging the aircraft structure at the landing gear attach point.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12TQ
- Reported as
- Aviat A-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1270
- Airframe hours
- 130
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1P, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael W. Lattin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1995 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- EKO
- Airport
- EKO · Elko Municipal, runway 30, 3,500 × 50 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 130 in this make and model · 2,850 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EKO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.