Sunday, July 14, 2013

Wade Kinkaid’s Dakota Hawk, N544WK: Accident occurred July 13, 2013 in San Simon, Arizona

http://registry.faa.gov/N544WK
 
NTSB Identification: WPR13CA330 
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, July 13, 2013 in San Simon, AZ
Probable Cause Approval Date: 02/04/2014
Aircraft: KINCAID WADE DAKOTA HAWK, registration: N544WK
Injuries: 1 Serious.

NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.

The pilot would not provide a statement; however, the pilot's wife who was on the ground and witnessed the accident reported that she watched as the airplane took off from an open field. During the initial climb, the airplane struck power lines. She further reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Responding law enforcement personnel reported that after the collision, the airplane collided with the ground in a nose low attitude substantially damaging the fuselage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines during takeoff from an open field.




COCHISE COUNTY, AZ (CBS5) -  A home-built plane hit a power line and crashed into an orchard Saturday evening.

CBS 5 News has identified the pilot as Wade Kincaid, 80, from Salome. The plane suffered significant damage but Kincaid received only minor injuries and was treated at University Medical Center in Tucson.

The Cochise County Sheriff's office says the pilot was flying the aircraft from Phoenix to Las Cruces where he was going to transfer it to a new owner. The pilot landed the two-seat plane to refuel in San Simon, about 10 miles from the New Mexico border. Upon takeoff he snagged a power line which caused the plane to go down in the orchard.

According to a blurb Kincaid wrote in 2011 for Sport Aviation Online, the Dakota Hawk plane was the second plane he'd built from a kit. It first took flight in 2010.

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 COCHISE COUNTY, AZ (CBS5) - A home-built plane hit a power line and crashed into an orchard Saturday evening.

CBS 5 News has identified the pilot as Wade Kincaid, 80, from Salome. The plane suffered significant damage but Kincaid received only minor injuries and was treated at University Medical Center in Tucson.

The Cochise County Sheriff's office says the pilot was flying the aircraft from Phoenix to Las Cruces where he was going to transfer it to a new owner.

The pilot landed the two-seat plane to refuel in San Simon, about 10 miles from the New Mexico border. Upon takeoff, the plane snagged a power line, which caused it to go down in the orchard.

According to a blurb Kincaid wrote in 2011 for Sport Aviation Online, the Dakota Hawk plane was the second plane he'd built from a kit. It first took flight in 2010.

The FAA was notified of the crash, and was allowing the Cochise County Sheriff's Office investigate, according to the CCSO official.

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