Incident - ELA 10 - N82TK - Arizona

[Steve_UK]

The FAA ASIAS shows


flight phase - taxying

I wonder if the turning rotors hit the sign.

IDENTIFICATION
Date:	17-NOV-23
Time:	00:38:00Z
Regis#:	N82TK
Aircraft Make:	THEODORE KALMAN
Aircraft Model:	ELA10
Event Type:	INCIDENT
Highest Injury:	NONE
Aircraft Missing:	No
Damage:	UNKNOWN
LOCATION
City:	YUMA
State:	ARIZONA
Country:	UNITED STATES
DESCRIPTION
Description:	AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A DUST DEVIL AND DEPARTED THE PREPARED SURFACE STRIKING A SIGN, YUMA, ARIZONA.
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal:	0

 

[Aerofoam]

That would seriously suck, we get monster dust devils in Az.
I have been spun around 360 in a sailboat on a lake in Az.
When working on the tower at my building, I saw one coming through the desert which is more of a mesquite forest, so no real dust.
I heard the whooshing noise first.
I realized it could get serious when I saw chunks of cactus getting hurled more than 100ft. and I couldn't get down quickly.
Luckily it passed far enough away and I didn't have to try to dodge the projectiles.....

 

[gyroplanes]

I was working at a hangar at a west suburban Chicago airport when a dust devil went by the open hangar door. We had a 50 pound steel drip pan draining in the dirt outside when the devil picked it up level, spun it around a few times and set it back down. The Dust Devils can have some "SNORT"

 

[WaspAir]

That's the same phenomenon that routinely lifts1400 pounds of sailplane and people to 16,000+ feet in the summer time here.

 

[okikuma]

The planet Mars also has dust devils.

Wayne

Interesting to view the dust devils in this video are rotating clock wise. The study was done in Nevada, Northern hemisphere.

 

[WaspAir]

Mars so far only has one helicopter and no sailplanes to exploit the lifting force.

I'll volunteer to be the first if the funding can be arranged.

 

[Steve_UK]

A photo on Flickr shows this ELA 10 Eclipse N82TK at Oshkosh in 2019

https://flic.kr/p/2gSJ234