Avid MK-IV N610K

Summary

On 27 January 2008 at about 20:30 local time, a Avid MK-IV registered N610K was involved in an accident near Boswell, Indiana, 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.

Date

27 January 2008 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Boswell, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

40.5425, -87.4208

Aircraft

Avid MK-IV

Registration

N610K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kentland → Boswell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI08CA072

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition which resulted in a loss of directional control during a bounced landing. Factors associated with the accident were the improper flare, the crosswind, and the trees which the airplane contacted.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was being landed to the west on a 75 - 80-foot-wide grass airstrip when the accident occurred. The local winds were from the south-southwest at 12-15 miles per hour. The pilot stated that when he touched down the airplane bounced and became airborne to an altitude of about 10 feet above the airstrip. The airplane drifted off the right side of the airstrip and touched down a second time traveling into an area of pine trees. The fuselage traveled between two trees and the impact folded the wings back and wrinkled the fuselage. The left main gear also collapsed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.