ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168998
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| Date: | Thursday 21 August 2014 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: |  Zenair CH 601 HD Zodiac |
| Owner/operator: | Saavy Biz Inc |
| Registration: | N318MH |
| MSN: | 6-7356 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | Jabiru 3300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gillespie County Airport (T82), Fredericksburg, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hamilton, TX (KMNZ) |
| Fredericksburg, TX (T82) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After a cross-country flight and as the pilot approached his destination airport, he checked the wind. After flying a normal traffic pattern for runway 14, he made two unsuccessful landing attempts. On the third attempt, the airplane experienced a wind gust, and the airplane banked 90 degrees. The pilot applied power; however, the left wing impacted the runway. The airplane cartwheeled twice and then came to rest inverted next to the runway. There were no reported malfunctions with the airplane before the accident. A review of the airport’s automated weather reporting station report indicated that, about the time of the accident, the airplane would have experienced about a 15-knot crosswind gusting to 20 knots. The accident is consistent with a loss of control during windy conditions.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during a gusting crosswind landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2014 07:40 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Aug-2014 17:16 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Destination airport, Source] |
| 27-Aug-2014 00:02 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 19:00 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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