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Wright AVID FLYER N214DW

20 May 2001 · Show Low, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 May 2001 at about 20:40 local time, a Wright AVID FLYER registered N214DW was involved in an accident near Show Low, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Show Low, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport
Show Low Municipal (SOW)
Coordinates
34.2656, -110.0056
Aircraft
Wright AVID FLYER
Registration
N214DW
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Casa Grande → Show Low
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX01LA188

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain and a nose down. A contributing factor was the turbulence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot indicated he was on his second approach for landing with full flaps extended when he experienced some turbulence and elected to go-around. When the pilot applied power, the airplane descended rapidly and impacted the ground. The airplane bounced back into the air, veered off the left side of the runway, and nosed down. The observed weather at the airport around the time of the accident included a 15-knot wind approximately 80 degrees to the left of the nose. The pilot reported having a total of 77.1 hours of flight time, of which 12.9 hours were accumulated in the accident airplane make and model.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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