19991001033099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Waco ASO · Faribault, MN · October 1, 1999

Date
October 1, 1999 · 15:00 local
Place
Faribault, MN
Airport
Faribault Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8531
Reported as
Waco ASO
Reported engine
WRIGHT R760B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
30,000 total7 in this make and model50 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.

(-23) Airman lost control of the aircraft while attempting a wheel landing. The aircraft contacted a runway edge light which separated approx. 2 inches of one propeller tip, and caused damage to the underside of the left wingtip and underside of the fuselage on the left side, aft of the rear seat.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING A WHEEL LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WHICH SEPARATED APPROX. 2 INCHES OF ONE PROPELLER TIP, AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WINGTIP AND UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE, AFT OF THE REAR SEAT.