# Incident 19940727033069I: Daughters Carl Freeman T18C, Sioux Falls, SD, July 27, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1994, 10:25 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5500° N, 96.7003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux Falls, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5500&lon=-96.7003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N647C-2012-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Daughters Carl Freeman T18C (registry code 056225X, https://openairdocs.org/model/daughters-carl-freeman-t18c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940727033069I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20031111028649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031111028649A), Nov 11, 2003: Daught T18C (N647C), Turtle Mountai, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) The homebuilt aircraft departed glendale, AZ @ 1030L on 11-11-03, enroute to santa maria, CA. [privacy data omitted] Failed to reach it's destination.…

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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