- Date
- May 6, 1989, 12:53 local (19:53 UTC)
- Place
- Kelso, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30SKMccoy Super Koala
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890506010939A
- Case key
- 41006
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions, and the pilot's delay in initiating a go-around. Contributing to the accident were crosswind gusts, and lack of total pilot experience.
Analysis
Student pilot on first flight in 30 days in homebuilt encountered a crosswind gust on lndg approach. Acft entered right bank which plt could not correct. Pwr was added for attempted go-around but bank continued to impact. Investigation revealed no evidence of control malfunction.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30SK
- Reported as
- Mccoy Super Koala (SUPER KOAL)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 030
- Airframe hours
- 28
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 52 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kevin G. Mccoy
- Registered owner
- Kevin G Mccoy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- KLS
- Airport
- KLS · Kelso, runway 29, 4,400 × 100 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 28 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.