# Incident 19980902027659I: Mrchti SF260, Fullerton, CA, September 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16FD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16FD-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siai-Marchetti SF260 (registry code 8121208, https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-sf260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MRCHTI SF260
- Reported engine: LYC O540D1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 250 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980902027659I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PDST, DAVID B. COLEMAN, PIC OF SISI MARCHETTI SF260, N16FD, LANDED AT OR PAST MIDFIELD ON RUNWAY 24 AT FULLERTON AIRPORT, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA. MR. COLEMAN WAS CONDUCTING A "YOUNG ACES" FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER WHEN HE RETURNED TO FULLERTON AIRPORT DUE TO PREDICTED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. UPON LANDING, MR. COLEMAN STATEAD THAT HE PROCEEDED TO APPLY BRAKES BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP OR MAKE THE TURN AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. MR. COLEMAN IMPACTED THE FENCE BENDING ONE POLE AND PUSHING THE MESH IN. THE PLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SPINNER, PROPELLER, AND LEFT WING TIP FUEL TANK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.

## Other reports on N16FD (1)

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

- [Accident 20160824014099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160824014099A), Aug 24, 2016: Siai-Marchetti SF260 (N16FD), Fullerton, CA, Destroyed. On takeoff, immediately following rotation, N16FD began rolling left uncontrollably. The pilot was not able to arrest the roll despite him applying full right…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.