- Date
- May 12, 2023, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Elko, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12HDAviat A-1C-180
- Defining event
- Landing: 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 Reno FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230512013189A
- Case key
- 174532
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing with a quartering tailwind.
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
According to the pilot, prior to commencing his approach to land the reported wind at the airport was variable at 5kts. During landing the tail of the airplane rose and shifted to the left at touchdown. The pilot attempted to recover, but the airplane ground looped, resulting in substantial damage to the left and right ailerons. Upon exiting the aircraft, the pilot observed the windsock indicating a quartering tailwind. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12HD
- Reported as
- Aviat A-1C-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3401
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- Lycoming O360A1P, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 24, 2022 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- KHND · Henderson, NV
- Destination
- KEKO · Elko, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EKO · Elko Regional, runway 24, 7,454 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 25, 2023
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,873 total · 423 in this make and model · 2,816 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- KEKO
- METAR
- KEKO 121756Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 18/M03 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01831028 10183 20022 58001
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 21, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.9 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.