- Date
- September 11, 1992, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain Home, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6107UYork Y2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920911037019A
- Case key
- 42896
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors include gusty crosswinds.
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
The pilot of the experimental york Y2 was attempting to execute a go around after touching down in gusty crosswinds. He lost control of the aircraft, prior to lift off, while correcting back toward the centerline of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6107U
- Reported as
- York Y2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shumard, Charles L.
- Registered owner
- Shumard, Charles L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- U76 · Mountain Home Municipal, runway 28, 4,600 × 75 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 816 total · 26 in this make and model · 774 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.