# Incident 20000520016039I: Namer SNJ6, Seward, NE, May 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2000, 13:40 local time
- Place: Seward, NE
- Airport: Seward Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8647° N, 97.1092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEWARD MUNI (SWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8647&lon=-97.1092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2861G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2861G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-6 (registry code 6400422, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ6
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 260 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000520016039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 IN THREE POINT ATTITUDE, RIGHT CROSS WIND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO WEATHER VANE TO THE RIGHT. PILOT CHOSE TO ALLOW AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE INTO THE GRASS, WHERE AIRCRAFT STRUCK UNSEEN NON-COLLAPSIBLE RUNWAY MARKER.  AIRCRAFT TIPPED UPON NOSE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND UNDER LEFT WING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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