# Incident 19870804058209I: Amtrbg BAKENGDUCE, Sioux Falls, SD, August 4, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1987, 12:43 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9659A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9659A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boessenkool-Helmich BAKENG DUCE (registry code 0565089, https://openairdocs.org/model/boessenkool-helmich-bakeng-duce) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBG BAKENGDUCE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,560 total, 60 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870804058209I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN REAR BRACE BROKE ON LANDING ALLOWING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.

## Other reports on N9659A (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870921058729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870921058729A), Sep 21, 1987: Amtrbg BAKENGDUCE (N9659A), Gillette, WY, Substantial damage. The aircraft ground looped off the runway on landing. A weld in the tail wheel spring bracket had failed.
- [Accident 19790729030829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790729030829A), Jul 29, 1979: Amtrbg BAKENGDUCE (N9659A), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of airplane on landing roll. Acft ground-looped. Collapsed landing 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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