N123T is a 2008 Eads Pzl Warszawa-Okecie Sa PZL-104MA WILGA 2000. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a P & W PT6A-28 rated at 680 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Spanish Fork, UT. Its experimental airworthiness certificate was issued in Jul 2018. It has been registered to its current owner since Oct 2015. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
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The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that prior to departure, while he refueled the airplane and taxied to the runway, the wind was "picking up and gusting" but "were comfortably within [his] personal and aircraft limits." During takeoff, as he "rolled on the power," the right wing started to lift so he corrected with full control input left but the airplane rolled to the right and impacted terrain. The pilot added that he did not get a wind check
The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and fuselage.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The airport's automated weather observation station reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was 220° at 24 knots, gusting to 38 knots. The airplane was departing from runway 26.
According to the manufacturer's Pilot's Operating Handbook for an unmodified airplane, the maximum demonstrated crosswind is 11.7 knots.
The steady state crosswind component for the accident flight was 15 knots, with gusting winds, the crosswind component for the accident flight was 24 knots.
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