26.1662° N, 97.3459° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CAMERON COUNTY (PIL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 29, 1979 · 15:30 local
Place
Brownsville, TX
Airport
Cameron Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72566
Reported as
Helio U10D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
774 total2 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During landing aircraft bounced nose turned into wind, touched down in crab. Damaged wing tip, prop, main gear.
As the FAA filed it
DURING LANDING AIRCRAFT BOUNCED NOSE TURNED INTO WIND, TOUCHED DOWN IN CRAB. DAMAGED WING TIP, PROP, MAIN GEAR.