Curl AVID AIR MAGNUM N774CA

Summary

On 16 April 2005 at about 15:50 local time, a Curl AVID AIR MAGNUM registered N774CA was involved in an accident near Cando, North Dakota, 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.

Date

16 April 2005 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Cando, North Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Cando Municipal Airport (9D7)

Coordinates

48.4800, -99.2358

Aircraft

Curl AVID AIR MAGNUM

Registration

N774CA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cando → Cando

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI05CA098

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind condition and maintain directional control during landing rollout. Factors to the accident were the crosswind and the muddy drainage ditch.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane nosed-over after departing the left side of runway 34 during landing rollout. The pilot stated that prior to landing the windsock indicated the wind was from 280 degrees magnetic at 5 to 10 knots. The pilot reported that he made an uneventful two-point (wheels-on) touchdown on runway 34 and after the airplane had rolled 150 to 200 feet it experienced a "severe" crosswind that "forced" the airplane to the right. The pilot stated that he "quickly" applied a left rudder input followed by a right rudder input, resulting in an S-turn with the tail on the runway. The pilot reported that the airplane was "forced off" the left side of the runway into a muddy drainage ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.