19991113031449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · WSK PZL104 · Reno, NV · November 13, 1999

Date: November 13, 1999 · 16:00 local
Place: Reno, NV
Airport: Reno/Stead Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N80LG
Reported as: WSK PZL104
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,666 total15 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) 91 Pleasure flight in the Reno area. During the landing rollout, the pilot retracted the flaps using his left hand. During flap retraction, the pilot must remove his hand from the left mounted throttle quadrant. Upon flap retraction, the aircraft veered left and departed the runway. The pilot was unable to regain control of the aircraft which ground looped damaging the right wing, right horizontal stablilizer and right main landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT IN THE RENO AREA. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS USING HIS LEFT HAND. DURING FLAP RETRACTION, THE PILOT MUST REMOVE HIS HAND FROM THE LEFT MOUNTED THROTTLE QUADRANT. UPON FLAP RETRACTION, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH GROUND LOOPED DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABLILIZER AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.