- Date
- November 27, 2021, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfield, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N151YZBagley Curtis Lynn Rans S-6S Coyote II
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20211127021459A
- Case key
- 104340
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with a right crosswind.
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 in the tail wheel equipped airplane reported that, during takeoff with a crosswind, the airplane veered left off the runway. The pilot attempted to regain directional control however the airplane subsequently ground looped. The left wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N151YZ
- Reported as
- Bagley Curtis Lynn Rans S-6S Coyote II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 07031510
- Built
- 2005
- Airframe hours
- 1,347.4
- Engine
- Rotax 912, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- West Desert Aviators
- Registered owner
- West Desert Aviators
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · September 1, 2021
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- UT9 · West Desert Airpark, runway 35, 2,600 × 25 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial, Private, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 25, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,626 total · 18.3 in this make and model · 2,699 as pilot in command · 13.8 in the last 90 days · 1.2 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- KPVU, 15 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KPVU 271756Z 29005KT 10SM CLR 03/M04 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP309 T00281039 10044 21056 51006=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 8, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9.3 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.
Other investigations on N151YZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.