Youkey LANCAIR 235 N70718

Summary

On 13 June 2004 at about 15:45 local time, a Youkey LANCAIR 235 registered N70718 was involved in an accident near Hays, Kansas, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

13 June 2004 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Hays, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

38.8450, -99.2739

Aircraft

Youkey LANCAIR 235

Registration

N70718

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sedalia → Hays

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI04CA156

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. Factors associated with the accident were the gusty crosswind, the runway marker sign, and the taxiway lights which were contacted.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane contacted a runway marker sign and taxiway lights following a loss of directional control during a landing roll. The airplane departed the runway approximately 3,000 feet from the approach end. It traveled off the east (left) side of the runway where it contacted the sign and taxiway lights prior to coming to rest a couple hundred feet off the side of the runway. The landing was being made on runway 16 and the local winds reported 10 minutes prior to the accident were from 190 degrees at 23 knots gusting to 28 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.