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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson NAVION B · Peachtree City, GA · April 6, 2000

Date
April 6, 2000 · 15:30 local
Place
Peachtree City, GA
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5379K
Reported as
Tmpson Navionb
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
32,000 total45 in this make and model8 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.

Prior to landing, no indictions of a problem. Aricraft touched down normally and then departed the runway to the right. Pilot had no control of the turn. He applied full left rudder and brakes and shut the engine off. Aircraft pitched up enough to contact the prop tip and the right turn was sharp enough that it bent the nose wheel yoke.

As the FAA filed it

PRIOR TO LANDING, NO INDICTIONS OF A PROBLEM. ARICRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY AND THEN DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. PILOT HAD NO CONTROL OF THE TURN. HE APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKES AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP ENOUGH TO CONTACT THE PROP TIP AND THE RIGHT TURN WAS SHARP ENOUGH THAT IT BENT THE NOSE WHEEL YOKE.