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Date
May 10, 1991 · 16:15 local
Place
Litchfield, MN
Airport
Litchfield Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N852AM
Reported as
Stnson V77STINSON
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
630 total70 in this make and model15 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 rollout. Left gear collapsed. Had strong gusty crosswind.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. HAD STRONG GUSTY CROSSWIND.