# Incident 19791129045159I: Helio U10D, Brownsville, TX, November 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Cameron Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1662° N, 97.3459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMERON COUNTY (PIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1662&lon=-97.3459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72566 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HELIO U10D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 774 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791129045159I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING LANDING AIRCRAFT BOUNCED NOSE TURNED INTO WIND, TOUCHED DOWN IN CRAB. DAMAGED WING TIP, PROP, MAIN GEAR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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