19991106038109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · Lawrenceville, GA · November 6, 1999

Date: November 6, 1999 · 11:43 local
Place: Lawrenceville, GA
Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1643D
Reported as: Cessna 170B
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total250 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N1643DRegistered now · Cessna 170BS/N 20285 · Built 1952 Airframe modelCessna 170B Engine modelContinental C145 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.

(-23) The PIC stated that he was fast on the approach and had intended to land long. He indicated that he was making a wheel landing. Tower reported wind at the time was from the southwest at 6 to 8 knots and the active runway was 25. The aircraft touched down and started to drit to the right, at the same time the aircraft became airborne again. When the aircraft contacted the ground again the right wing came up at which time the left wing contacted the ground causing minor damage to the wing tip. The aircraft continued on and the right wing then contacted the ground causing minor damage. The aircraft came to rest on its nose with minor damage to the propeller spinner on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC STATED THAT HE WAS FAST ON THE APPROACH AND HAD INTENDED TO LAND LONG. HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS MAKING A WHEEL LANDING. TOWER REPORTED WIND AT THE TIME WAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 6 TO 8 KNOTS AND THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WAS 25. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND STARTED TO DRIT TO THE RIGHT, AT THE SAME TIME THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AGAIN THE RIGHT WING CAME UP AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON AND THE RIGHT WING THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER SPINNER ON THE RUNWAY.