19980123002029I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrsn Skybolt · San Jose, CA · January 23, 1998

Date: January 23, 1998 · 13:49 local
Place: San Jose, CA
Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N14PG
Reported as: Amtrsn Skybolt
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 464 total127 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N14PGRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2013 · Gall Pete D STEEN SKYBOLTS/N PG85-1 Airframe modelGall Pete D STEEN SKYBOLT Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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: the pilot stated there were no problems at the initial point of landing. After landing, he stated he felt a little vibration and then lost directional control. The aircraft went off the west side of rwy 13 left and ground looped prior to reaching taxiway "c". The left tire was found to be flat, the left wheel rim area was damaged, the wheel fairing was damaged, and the bottom of the left wing was scratched. The bottom of the aileron on the left wing had small scratches and scrapes.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS AT THE INITIAL POINT OF LANDING. AFTER LANDING, HE STATED HE FELT A LITTLE VIBRATION AND THEN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE WEST SIDE OF RWY 13 LEFT AND GROUND LOOPED PRIOR TO REACHING TAXIWAY "C". THE LEFT TIRE WAS FOUND TO BE FLAT, THE LEFT WHEEL RIM AREA WAS DAMAGED, THE WHEEL FAIRING WAS DAMAGED, AND THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING WAS SCRATCHED. THE BOTTOM OF THE AILERON ON THE LEFT WING HAD SMALL SCRATCHES AND SCRAPES.