# NTSB SEA02LA114: Hunter Comp Air 6, N6008N, McCall, ID, June 28, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 28, 2002, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: McCall, ID - Coordinates: 44.888889, -116.101387 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8889&lon=-116.1014&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report April 23, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA Boise FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 55090 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA02LA114 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55090/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55090 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA114 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Contributing factors were a 30 degree crosswind and the pilot's lack of experience in the newly acquired make/model aircraft. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, landing ## Analysis The pilot of the recently purchased Hunter Comp Air 6 aircraft was landing on runway 16 at the McCall airport. Upon touchdown he bounced and then departed the runway nosing over. An FAA inspector, who witnessed the accident, examined the aircraft and found no mechanical malfunction with the aircraft's flight controls or brakes. Winds were reported as a 30 degree right crosswind at 10 knots and the pilot had about 3 hours total time in the make/model of the accident aircraft. ## Factual narrative On June 28, 2002, approximately 1630 mountain daylight time, a Hunter Comp Air 6 homebuilt aircraft, N6008N, registered to the builder, and being flown by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a loss of control and subsequent nose over on landing at the McCall airport, McCall, Idaho. The pilot, who was the only occupant, sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The ferry flight was operated under 14 CFR 91 and had departed Tarkio, Montana, approximately 1500. The pilot reported that while landing on runway 16 at McCall he touched down on the runway pavement and then ground looped the aircraft. He reported the windsock as being extended more than 45 degrees (from the pole) and showing a 30-35 degree crosswind. An inspector assigned to the Federal Aviation Administration's Boise Flight Standards District Office witnessed the accident and reported that the aircraft touched down on the right wheel and bounced followed by the left wheel and tail wheel at which time it left the runway and nosed over. The inspector examined the aircraft's flight controls and brakes and found no evidence of any mechanical malfunction. The aviation surface observation taken at McCall at 1650 MDT reported winds of 190 degrees magnetic at 10 knots (30 degree right crosswind). The pilot had just purchased the aircraft and reported a total of about 3 hours time in the make/model. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6008N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6008N-2013-04-16), registration cancelled 2013-04-16, S/N 97135, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Hunter Comp Air 6 - Registry model: [Hunter Donald E COMP AIR 6](https://openairdocs.org/model/hunter-donald-e-comp-air-6) (registry code 056043Q) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 97135 - Airframe hours: 325 - Engines: Continental IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Ferry, Part 91 - Registered owner: Belden, Ralph A. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, April 26, 2002, 47 hours before - Departed: Tarkio, MT - Destination: MYL, McCall, ID - Airport: MYL, McCall, runway 16, 6,112 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 62; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review April 4, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 984 total, 3 in this make and model, 984 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 29.94 inHg - Observed at: MYL ## 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 20020628015709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020628015709A), Jun 28, 2002: Amtr COMPAIR6, Mc Call, ID, No damage. (-23) While landing at the mccall, ID airport, the pilot lost directional control of his experimental tailwheel homebuilt. An ammendment to this 8020-23 will… ## Other investigations on N6008N (1) 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. - [NTSB LAX06LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA187), May 30, 2006: Hunter Comp Air 6 (N6008N), Minden, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to an excessively rich mixture. The underlying reasons for the overly rich mixture were not determined. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 11, 2003, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55090. 339 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 339 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40448264&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.