- Date
- July 17, 2023, 07:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Casper, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N277GHEvolution Revolt
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Aircraft wake turb encounter
- 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 FSFO
- FAA report
- 20230717010209A
- Case key
- 192666
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 after encountering wake turbulence.
Findings · 2
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 being cleared to land by air traffic control and reported being cautioned of wake turbulence by an airplane that landed ahead in sequence. The pilot aimed to touchdown at a point beyond the presence of the wake turbulence. The airplane encountered light turbulence prior to landing and contacted the runway misaligned with the runway centerline. The pilot applied opposite input correction which produced a roll force resulting in the right wing contacting the ground, substantially damaging the airplane. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N277GH
- Reported as
- Evolution Revolt
- Category
- Weight-shift
- Serial number
- 001022
- Airframe hours
- 74.7
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kc Construction
- Registered owner
- Kc Construction
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Casper, WY
- Destination
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Airport
- KCPR · Casper/Natrona County Airport, runway 03, 10,165 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Airframe parachute
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
- 61
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 8, 2021
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 25 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- KCPR, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KCPR 171353Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/09 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01890089
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 4, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 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.