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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Namer SNJ-4 · Aspen, CO · April 18, 1990

Date: April 18, 1990 · 12:31 local
Place: Aspen, CO
Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co - Sardy Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7406C
Reported as: Namer SNJ4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total

N7406CRegistered now · North American SNJ-4S/N 88-14342 · Built 1943 Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-4 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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.

Lost directional control on landing when left wing rose and pilot ground looped the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING WHEN LEFT WING ROSE AND PILOT GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT.