# Accident 20000619039959A: Fleet FLEET16B, Rochester, NH, June 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NH
- Airport: Skyhaven Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2842° N, 70.9295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYHAVEN (DAW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2842&lon=-70.9295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162V-2010-12-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fleet FLEET 16B (registry code 3480502, https://openairdocs.org/model/fleet-fleet-16b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Kinner R5 series (registry code 37504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/kinner-r5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLEET FLEET16B
- Reported engine: GLADEN R55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,355 total, 1 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000619039959A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON JUNE 19, 2000, AT 1900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A FLEET 16B, N162V, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGE DURING LANDING, WHEN IT GROUND-LOOPED AT THE SKYHAVEN AIRPORT, ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, AND THEN GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT. DURING THE EVENT, THE AIRPLANE STAYED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT THEN TAXIED THE AIRPLANE TO THE HANGAR. AN EXTERNAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, BUT AN INTERNAL INSPECTION SHOWED THAT THE WOODEN-WING SPAR HAD CRACKED. THE PILOT MADE NO MENTION OF ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, AND REPORTED THE WIND AS 250 DEGREES MAGNETIC AT 6 KNOTS WITH NO GUST. THE PILOT HAD APPROXIMATELY 3,355 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, 125 HOURS IN TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED AIRPLANES, AND 1 HOUR IN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE MAKE AND MODEL. (-23) THE PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH IN VFR CONDITIONS TO THE SKYHAVEN AI                    RPORT IN ROCHESTER, NH. ON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO 20MPH AND GROUND-LOOPED TO LEFT. LEFT WING SPAR WAS CRACKED. NO INJURIES. PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL HAS CAUTION FOR GROUND-LOOPING TENDENCIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA173), Jun 19, 2000: Fleet 16B (N162V), Rochester, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane make and model.

## Other reports on N162V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19941001037039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941001037039I), Oct 1, 1994: Fleet FLEET16B (N162V), Albany, GA, Minor damage. Engine quit on climbout. Turned back. Landed ok but ground looped avoiding ditch. Beleive hit ignition with knee.

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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