Crash location | 32.446666°N, 111.002778°E |
Nearest city | La Cholla, AZ
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Tail number | N34374 |
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Accident date | 29 May 2014 |
Aircraft type | Meyers Mac 145 |
Additional details: | None |
The tailwheel equipped airplane received substantial damage to both wings, when the airplane veered off the runway and struck a cacti after the pilot overcorrected to compensate for a wind gust during the landing rollout. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot's overcorrection to a wind gust, which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway veeroff.