# Incident 19970823034489I: Curtiss Wright JR CW1, Harlingen, TX, August 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1997, 18:02 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N657V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N657V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright JR CW1 (registry code 2620502, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-jr-cw1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Szekely SR-3-L (registry code 07001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/szekely-sr-3-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 474 total, 474 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970823034489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 23, 1997, A BELLANCA MODEL 17-30, REGISTRATION N6576V OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. ROBERT F. COLEMAN, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL AT THE HARLINGEN, TEXAS AIRPORT. THE TAKE-OFF ROLL WAS ON RUNWAY 17L WITH AN 18 KNT CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY SKIN, PROP BLADES AND RIGHT WING TIP OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND NO FIRE. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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