- Date
- March 18, 2013, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bountiful, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N670AKAndre Kostrzewa Mustang 2
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130318003409A
- Case key
- 86449
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing flare in tailwind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing approach in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, he encountered rough air, and the airplane landed hard and bounced. The airplane subsequently came to rest inverted, substantially damaging the wings and fuselage. At the time of the accident, the airplane was landing with a right quartering tailwind of 10 knots, gusting to 14 knots. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during landing in the tail-wheel equipped airplane, rough air was encountered on approach and the airplane landed hard and bounced. The airplane subsequently came to rest inverted substantially damaging the wings and fuselage. At the time of the accident, the airplane was landing with a right quartering tail wind of 10 knots, gusting to 14 knots. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N670AK
- Reported as
- Andre Kostrzewa Mustang 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 55544AK
- Airframe hours
- 13
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Andre Kostrzewa
- Registered owner
- Andre Kostrzewa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- BTF · Bountiful, UT
- Destination
- BTF · Bountiful, UT
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- BTF · Skypark Airport, runway 16, 4,700 × 70 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
- 65
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,100 total · 13 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 5 nm away
Docket · 8
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 13, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.