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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Daughters Carl Freeman T18C · Sioux Falls, SD · July 27, 1994

Date: July 27, 1994 · 10:25 local
Place: Sioux Falls, SD
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N647C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total100 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N647CRegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2012 · Daughters Carl Freeman T18CS/N 36 · Built 1993 Airframe modelDaughters Carl Freeman T18C Engine modelLycoming 0-360-A1DReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 7-27-94 at 1025 CDT, pilot carl f. daughters flew N647C, a thorpe-daughters, T18C, to Sioux Falls, SD. During landing sequence he made a hard landing, bounced and ground looped the aircraft hitting the airport runway lights on runway 3. The aircraft received minor damage and the pilot carl f. daughters and passenger sue a. daughters escaped without injury. Carl f. daughters had previously installed wheel pants on this aircraft leaving 1/8" clearance around the wheels. Upon bouncing the aircraft, the aircraft tires expanded catching the wheel pants twisting it into the left wheel. When the aircraft came back down the left wheel acted like a brake, ground looping the aircraft off of the runway contributing to the incident. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 7-27-94 AT 1025 CDT, PILOT CARL F. DAUGHTERS FLEW N647C, A THORPE-DAUGHTERS, T18C, TO SIOUX FALLS, SD. DURING LANDING SEQUENCE HE MADE A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT HITTING THE AIRPORT RUNWAY LIGHTS ON RUNWAY 3. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT CARL F. DAUGHTERS AND PASSENGER SUE A. DAUGHTERS ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. CARL F. DAUGHTERS HAD PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED WHEEL PANTS ON THIS AIRCRAFT LEAVING 1/8" CLEARANCE AROUND THE WHEELS. UPON BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT TIRES EXPANDED CATCHING THE WHEEL PANTS TWISTING IT INTO THE LEFT WHEEL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME BACK DOWN THE LEFT WHEEL ACTED LIKE A BRAKE, GROUND LOOPING THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

Other reports on N647C · 1

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

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