Welch Thomas RV9 N475TW
3 November 2010 · Sac City, Iowa, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 November 2010 at about 22:00 local time, a Welch Thomas RV9 registered N475TW, operated by Micheal L. Harmon, Jr., was involved in an accident near Sac City, Iowa, 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 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sac City, Iowa, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sac City Municipal (SKI)
- Coordinates
- 42.3792, -94.9797
- Aircraft
- Welch Thomas RV9
- Registration
- N475TW
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Micheal L. Harmon, Jr.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Effingham → Sac City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN11CA065
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control while landing with a gusting wind.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot, the weather information he obtained en route indicated that the wind at his destination airport was from 300 degrees at 25 knots. The airplane encountered turbulence and wind gusts while on final approach and, despite the pilot’s control inputs, the airplane impacted terrain off the right side of the runway. The wind reported 25 miles from the accident site, about 15 minutes after the accident, was from 310 degrees at 23 knots gusting to 33 knots. The wings, firewall, and fuselage sustained substantial damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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