Huff ACRO SPORT I N511SH
11 October 2006 · Delta, Colorado, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 11 October 2006 at about 16:35 local time, a Huff ACRO SPORT I registered N511SH was involved in an accident near Delta, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. 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 16:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Delta, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Blake Field (AJZ)
- Coordinates
- 38.7853, -108.0636
- Aircraft
- Huff ACRO SPORT I
- Registration
- N511SH
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Delta → Delta
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN07CA007
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to select a touchdown point a safe distance from the construction crew, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Contributing factors in this accident included the pilot's limited forward visibility when the airplane was in a 3-point attitude, the soft terrain, and the rock.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
A crew was working on the parallel taxiway near the runway edge. The pilot taxied past the construction area and took off on runway 21. After about 30 minutes of flying, the pilot returned to the airport and made some touch-and-go landings. Another airplane entered the traffic pattern and announced he would be landing in the opposite direction on runway 03. The pilot yielded and also landed on runway 03. To avoid the construction crew, he maneuvered the airplane to the left of runway centerline. He noted that his airplane was "a short-coupled biplane," and that forward visibility in a conventional (3-point) attitude was limited. This caused him to get too close to the runway edge, and the left main landing gear went off the left side of the runway and into soft, muddy soil. The airplane swerved to the left, went through some high sage brush, struck a large rock, spun around and nosed down.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2006 | Boeing 747-400 | Denver, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Dec 2006 | Boeing 737-824 | Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States | Continental Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Mar 2006 | Aviat PITTS S-2B | Severance, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jun 2006 | McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 | Denver, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jun 2006 | Malott MUSTANG II | Peyton, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jun 2006 | Rolladen-Schneider LS-3 | Buena Vista, Colorado, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |