14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, July 03, 2013 in Hurricane, UT
Probable Cause Approval Date: 07/30/2014
Aircraft: BOSON RV-4, registration: N220CP
Injuries: 1 Serious.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
During the landing with a tailwind, the airplane departed the runway and came to rest in a ravine about 100 yards from the departure end of the runway. The pilot did not recall the circumstances leading to the accident. Two witnesses reported that the airplane landed long. One witness further stated that the engine sounded normal and that the airplane was moving at a high rate of speed after touchdown. Postaccident examination of the airplane and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s incorrect approach/descent path with a tailwind, which resulted in a long landing at an excessive groundspeed and a subsequent runway excursion.
On July 3, 2013, about 1715 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur built Boson, RV-4, N220CP, sustained substantial damage from a runway overrun during landing roll, at the General Dick Stout Field Airport (1L8) Hurricane, Utah. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight which originated from Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) Cedar City, Utah, about 1630, with a destination of 1L8.
In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) the pilot reported that he did not recall the circumstances of the accident.
Two witnesses located near the airport runway reported that the airplane landed long and then departed the runway surface at the end of runway 19. The airplane came to rest in a ravine about 100 yards from the departure end of the runway. One witness stated that the airplane's engine noise was normal and the airplane was moving at a high rate of speed upon landing.
Examination of the accident site was conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, who was able to obtain flight control and engine continuity and reported no anomalies. The airplane's fuselage and wings sustained substantial damage.
A review of recorded weather data from the CDC automated weather observation station revealed at 1653 conditions were wind 320 degrees at 8 knots.
Postaccident examination of the airplane and engine was conducted by a certified airframe and powerplant mechanic, under the supervision of the NTSB IIC investigator-in-charge. Flight control continuity was established throughout all primary flight control surfaces from the cockpit controls. Braking continuity was established and the brakes and tires were unremarkable.
An engine run was accomplished using an external fuel source that was connected directly to the carburetor fuel port. An external battery was used to start the engine. The engine functioned normally throughout a various range of power settings and no anomalies were noted.
The examination of the airplane and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical anomalies or failures that would have precluded normal operation. For additional information, see the Airframe and Engine Examination Report in the Public docket.
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NTSB Identification: WPR13LA307
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, July 03, 2013 in Hurricane, UT
Aircraft: BOSON CHARLES P RV-4, registration: N220CP
Injuries: 1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On July 3, 2013, about 1715 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur built Boson, RV-4, N220CP, sustained substantial damage from a runway overrun during landing roll, at the General Dick Stout Field Airport (1L8) Hurricane, Utah. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot sustained serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight which originated from Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) Cedar City, Utah at about 1630 with a destination of 1L8.
Two witnesses located near the airport reported that the airplane landed long and then departed the runway surface at the end of runway 19. The airplane came to rest in a ravine about 100 yards from the departure end of the runway.
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the fuselage sustained substantial damage. The airplane was recovered to a local storage facility for further examination.
Part of a plane can be seen at the scene of crash near the Hurricane airport Wednesday afternoon. One person was involved and was taken from the scene by Life Flight.
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HURRICANE — A Washington County resident was injured Wednesday afternoon when a small passenger airplane he was piloting crashed south of the Hurricane Municipal Airport.
“As he came to the airport (runway), it appears he was taking off, and for a reason unknown to us, lost altitude,” Police Chief Lynn Excell said. “He crashed into the ground and ended in Frog Hollow Wash.”
Excell identified the lone victim in the crash as a 74-year-old male “from the Hurricane area” but said he wasn’t prepared to release the exact city or other victim identification.
The Spectrum was later able to identify the pilot as retired U.S. Air Force Maj. John “Jack” Spey, who lists an Apple Valley address. Spey’s identity was confirmed by personnel at Dixie Regional Medical Center, where the pilot was taken by Life Flight helicopter.
DRMC Communications Director Terri Draper said shortly after 8 p.m. that Spey was listed in serious condition with unidentified injuries and would be flown to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for further treatment.
The tail section of Spey’s experimental two-seat Boson Charles P aircraft was visible from nearby 1100 West, immediately south of the airport runway, in an area surrounded by fields filled with farm animals. The crash did not ignite a fire in nearby brush, Excell said.
Hurricane emergency responders worked for more than half an hour to remove Spey from the plane. Excell said he hadn’t been close enough to the scene to determine the condition of the plane, but said it appeared to have landed upright.
The site will be secured until federal investigators arrive, he said.
No one answered a phone call to Spey’s number, but Spey told The Spectrum in 2010 he is a Vietnam veteran who gained some renown following his participation in an Air Force study on the effects of Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the war.
Spey flew C-123 cargo planes in Vietnam and Laos during the war. In transcribed interviews as part of a fall 2000 Vietnam Archive oral history project, Spey said he was born in Colon, Panama, in 1938 and attended schools in New York and California before entering the Air Force in 1956.
“The first spray missions were conducted in January of 1961. For the following three and a half years I served with Operation Ranch Hand flying what I call combat crop dusting,” Spey told the interviewer.
Source: http://www.thespectrum.com
