# Incident 20000609035379I: Tcrafk DC65TCRAFT, Sterling, PA, June 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2000, 14:15 local time
- Place: Sterling, PA
- Airport: Spring Hill Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9666N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9666N-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft DC-65 (registry code 8850402, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-dc-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFK DC65TCRAFT
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 701 total, 281 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000609035379I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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