# NTSB WPR23LA132: Fay David Velocity Elite, N2214W, Bullhead City, AZ, March 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: March 17, 2023, 12:57 local (19:57 UTC)
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Coordinates: 35.005639, -114.56502 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0056&lon=-114.5650&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106916
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR23LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106916/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106916
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA132

## Probable cause

The student pilot’s improper landing during crosswind conditions and the flight instructor’s failure to take remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Fay David VELOCITY ELITE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=056109G), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md)
- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Fay David VELOCITY ELITE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=056109G), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md)
- [Wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Fay David VELOCITY ELITE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000/cases.md?model=056109G), [All aircraft, 110 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Fay David VELOCITY ELITE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=056109G), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The flight instructor reported that the student pilot aborted the first landing attempt due to crosswind conditions. During the second landing, the airplane bounced, then weather vaned and exited the runway to the right, substantially damaging the right wing tip before coming to rest. The instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane what would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2214W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2214W), registered now, S/N V420 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAY DAVID VELOCITY ELITE (173RG)
- Registry model: [Fay David VELOCITY ELITE](https://openairdocs.org/model/fay-david-velocity-elite) (registry code 056109G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: V420
- Year built: 2001
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: KHND, Henderson, NV
- Destination: A20, Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: A20, Sun Valley Airport, runway 36, 3,700 × 42 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 31,000 total, 9 in this make and model, 30,000 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours
- Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 20, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 280 total, 1.7 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 1.7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Observed at: KIFP, 9 nm away
- METAR: METAR KIFP 172200Z 34012KT 10SM CLR 19/M05

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20230317004749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230317004749A), Mar 17, 2023: Fay David VELOCITY ELITE, Fort Mohave, AZ, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed henderson executive airport, NV (hnd) en route to Sun Valley Airport, AZ (A20) at approximatley 1200 hours local time. Flight to A20 was…

## Other investigations on N2214W (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL02LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA134), Jun 27, 2002: Fay Velocity Elite (N2214W), Theodore, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate inflight planning for required fuel resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power. A factor was unsuitable terrain.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106916. 3.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 8 pages, 2.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15949362&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20N2214W_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo of wing damage (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 378 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15949467&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N2214W%20Accident%20Photograph-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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