Aviat A-1B N200HY

Summary

On 6 May 2010 at about 17:15 local time, a Aviat A-1B registered N200HY was involved in an accident near Moab, Utah, 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

6 May 2010 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Moab, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Mineral Canyon Strip (UT75)

Coordinates

38.5333, -109.9833

Aircraft

Aviat A-1B

Registration

N200HY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Moab → Canyonlands Fie

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10CA229

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate crosswind compensation resulting in a loss of directional control and impact with bushes.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the accident occurred during a mountain flying familiarization flight from an airport having a field elevation of 3,900 feet mean sea level. At the time of the pilot's takeoff from runway 32, which was 2,000-feet-long and 40-feet-wide, the wind was from 020 degrees at 10 to 15 knots. The pilot indicated that after liftoff, while the airplane was still in ground effect, he failed to maintain a flight track over the runway's centerline. The airplane drifted left, its left wing tip impacted bushes adjacent to the runway, and the airplane came to rest with a bent fuselage and ripped wing skins. The pilot indicated that the accident would have been prevented had he adequately compensated for the crosswind condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.