# NTSB MKC83FA090: Breezy 01, N1019W, Kechi, KS, April 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 15, 1983, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Kechi, KS
- Coordinates: 37.789207, -97.269447 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7892&lon=-97.2694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33325/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA090

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - initial climb
  - flt control syst,aileron control - incorrect (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - directional control - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE HOME BUILT ACFT HAD BEEN IN STORAGE WITH THE WINGS REMOVED. THE WINGS HAD BEEN RECENTLY RE-INSTALLED BY THE OWNER AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER THE RE-INSTALLATION. DURING A TAKEOFF FROM AN OPEN FIELD, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT LIFT-OFF, CLIMB TO ABOUT 50 TO 100 FT AGL, THEN BANK ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT, DESCEND AND CRASH IN A STEEP RIGHT BANK. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE AILERON CABLES WERE CONNECTED IN REVERSE, SO THAT WHEN THE CONTROL WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE RIGHT, THE AILERONS WOULD DEFLECT FOR A LEFT BANK AND VICE VERSA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1019W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1019W-2011-04-15), registration cancelled 2011-04-15, S/N DW-1, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BREEZY 01
- Registry model: [Wiebe David G BREEZY](https://openairdocs.org/model/wiebe-david-g-breezy) (registry code 05650F4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: DW-1
- Airframe hours: 85
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Steve L. Phinney
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, August 31, 1981, 57 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 331 total, 11 in this make and model, 272 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Wind: 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT, 8 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 19830415014199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830415014199A), Apr 15, 1983: Amtrrl BREEZYRLU1, Kechi, KS, Destroyed. Took off from farm field with ailerons hooked up backwards. Rolled and crashed. Pilot had just installed wings.

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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