Mason AVENTURA II N332JM

Summary

On 7 April 2010 at about 23:40 local time, a Mason AVENTURA II registered N332JM, operated by David R. Chesney, was involved in an accident near Greensboro, North Carolina, 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

7 April 2010 at 23:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Air Harbor (W88)

Coordinates

36.1736, -79.8031

Aircraft

Mason AVENTURA II

Registration

N332JM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

David R. Chesney

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Danville → Greensboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA217

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for a wind gust during the landing approach, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the experimental amateur-built airplane was on approach to land on runway 27. The pilot reported that, when the airplane was about 30 to 40 feet above the ground, it experienced a sudden gust of wind which resulted in a loss of altitude and a veer to the left. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its left wing when it struck a parked, unoccupied airplane before coming to rest on the ground. A weather observation taken at an airport located about 8 miles northeast of the accident site, about the time of the accident, reported winds from 200 degrees at 13 knots. The reported winds 1 hour before and 1 hour after that observation were from 210 degrees at 20 knots, gusting to 28 knots, and from 220 degrees at 17 knots, gusting to 24 knots, respectively.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.