- Date
- July 24, 2004, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Driggs, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N991CAviat A-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040724016169A
- Case key
- 59728
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a loss of control and a nose over. A factor was the fence.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While attempting to land on the grass strip that borders Runway 21, the airplane bounced 5 or 6 times. The pilot attempted a go-around by adding full power; however, the airplane yawed right between 30 and 40 degrees before impacting a fence and nosing over. The rudder and both wings sustained substantial damage.
Factual narrative
On July 24, 2004, approximately 1130 mountain daylight time, an AVIAT A-1B single-engine airplane, N991C, was substantially damaged following a loss of control while landing at the Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport (U59), Driggs, Idaho. The airplane was registered to a private individual. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The aircraft had departed U59 at 0900.
According to the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB form 6120.1/2), the pilot reported that he was attempting to land on the parallel grass strip to the right of Runway 21. The pilot stated that after touching down the aircraft bounced about 5 or 6 times. The pilot further stated that after applying full power and initiating a go-around the airplane yawed to the right about 30 to 40 degrees, subsequently impacting a fence and nosing over.
Post accident examination of the aircraft revealed that both propeller blades were bent, the rudder was bent, and both wings were substantially damaged.
At 1050, the weather reporting facility located at the Jackson Hole Airport (JAC), Jackson Hole, Wyoming, located 18 nautical miles southeast of the accident site reported wind 130 degrees at 4 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, sky clear, temperature 17 degrees C, dew point 6 degrees C, and an altimeter setting of 30.38 inches of Mercury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N991C
- Reported as
- Aviat A-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2125
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary E. Matton
- Registered owner
- Gary E. Mattox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- U59 · Driggs, ID
- Destination
- U59 · Driggs, ID
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 4,600 total · 85 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.