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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing A75N1 · Gaithersburg, MD · May 4, 1996

Date
May 4, 1996 · 07:00 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Airport
Montgomery County Arpk Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29743
Reported as
Boeing A75N1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total100 in this make and model150 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.

Narrative: pilot was practicing takeoff & landings in recently purchased Boeing-175N. Due to a strong right crosswind on landing runway 32 he failed to get the upwind wing down to counter crosswind and downwind wing struck the runway. Upon inspection minor damage was noted to the left wingtip and outboard tip trailing edge of left aileron. There were no injuries. Pilot has since received additional dual flight instruction in this aircraft to include 36 landings and has established the proper crosswind technique required of this type aircraft. No further action is planned at this time.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFF & LANDINGS IN RECENTLY PURCHASED BOEING-175N. DUE TO A STRONG RIGHT CROSSWIND ON LANDING RUNWAY 32 HE FAILED TO GET THE UPWIND WING DOWN TO COUNTER CROSSWIND AND DOWNWIND WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY. UPON INSPECTION MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE LEFT WINGTIP AND OUTBOARD TIP TRAILING EDGE OF LEFT AILERON. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. PILOT HAS SINCE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DUAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN THIS AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE 36 LANDINGS AND HAS ESTABLISHED THE PROPER CROSSWIND TECHNIQUE REQUIRED OF THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT. NO FURTHER ACTION IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME.