NTSB Identification: LAX85LA026.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 26370.
Accident occurred Saturday, October 20, 1984 in APPLE VALLEY, CA
Aircraft: Harvard MK IV/AT-6, registration: N44110
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.PLT HAD EXECUTED SUCCESSFUL CROSSWIND LANDING AND WAS DECELERATING ON ROLL-OUT WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE ACFT TO SWERVE INTO THE WIND. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL COULD NOT BE REGAINED WITH RUDDER SO PLT ELECTED TO ATTEMPT GO-AROUND. ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE IN GROUND EFFECT, STALLED, AND THE LEFT WING DROPPED, STRIKING AN AIRPORT FENCE.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
DIRECTIONAL CONTROL..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
AIRSPEED(VSO)..NOT ATTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..CROSSWIND
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..GUSTS
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..FENCE
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