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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcrafk DC65TCRAFT · Sterling, PA · June 9, 2000

Date
June 9, 2000 · 14:15 local
Place
Sterling, PA
Airport
Spring Hill Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9666N
Reported as
Tcrafk DC65TCRAFT
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
701 total281 in this make and model12 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) During landing in gusting crosswind conditions, aircraft ran off runway into soft grassy area; tail wheel remained on runway. Aircraft nosed over, striking and damaging the prop, the cowling and windshield. The plane then settled back down onto the tailwheel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING IN GUSTING CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO SOFT GRASSY AREA; TAIL WHEEL REMAINED ON RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, STRIKING AND DAMAGING THE PROP, THE COWLING AND WINDSHIELD. THE PLANE THEN SETTLED BACK DOWN ONTO THE TAILWHEEL.