- Date
- March 1, 1992, 17:00 local (Mar 2, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nampa, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N425AVMichael Conner Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920301004539A
- Case key
- 41636
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation. A factor in the accident was the unfavorable wind.
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
At the beginning of a pleasure flight, the student pilot was taxiing the airplane for takeoff when a gust of wind caused the airplane to inadvertently become airborne. The airplane attained an altitude of approximately 40 to 50 feet when the left wing dropped and the airplane descended, colliding with the terrain in a nose low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N425AV
- Reported as
- Michael Conner Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 425
- Airframe hours
- 134
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morgan, Kyrel L.
- Registered owner
- Morgan, Kyrel L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1991 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Private
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 64 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.