19890411029029I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stnson L-5G · Lakeland, FL · April 11, 1989

Date
April 11, 1989 · 19:07 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63397
Reported as
Stnson L5G
Reported engine
Lycoming O435C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total35 in this make and model30 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.

Aircraft ground looped on landing. Pilot stated a strong crosswind was the cause of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING. PILOT STATED A STRONG CROSSWIND WAS THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT.