19990619022889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 11AC · Marshalltown, IA · June 19, 1999

Date: June 19, 1999 · 14:30 local
Place: Marshalltown, IA
Airport: Marshalltown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9265E
Reported as: Bbavia 11AC
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 379 total5 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N9265ERegistered now · Aeronca 11ACS/N 11AC-900 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 11AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Mr. Kuhlman and flight instructor adams were landing on runway 18 at Marshalltown, Iowa. Mr. Kuhlman said they were performing a wheel landing, and the aircraft touched down on the center line of the runway. Mr. Kuhlman thinks he was overcontrolling, because the aircraft went left and right across the runway at least twice, before going off the right side of the runway. The aircraft ground looped, collapsing the landing gear then damaging the propeller and right wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. KUHLMAN AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ADAMS WERE LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. MR. KUHLMAN SAID THEY WERE PERFORMING A WHEEL LANDING, AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. MR. KUHLMAN THINKS HE WAS OVERCONTROLLING, BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WENT LEFT AND RIGHT ACROSS THE RUNWAY AT LEAST TWICE, BEFORE GOING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED, COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR THEN DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING TIP.