- Date
- October 14, 1991, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sandpoint, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11XPMcholland XPA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911014062449A
- Case key
- 41602
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
A poor in-flight decision. Contributing to the accident was the rough/uneven terrain.
Analysis
The pilot of the XPA-11 home-built aircraft decided to land in a field to visit a friend. During the landing rollout, the aircraft nosed over on the rough terrain, as the pilot applied brakes in an attempt to stop.
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
- N11XP
- Reported as
- Mcholland XPA-11
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Continental A75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cleon P. Folkins
- Registered owner
- Cleon P. Folkins
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,874 total · 35 in this make and model · 3,705 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.