20010511009249I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Wilbur, WA · May 11, 2001

Date
May 11, 2001 · 09:30 local
Place
Wilbur, WA
Airport
Wilbur Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N140BT
Reported as
Cessna 140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
67 total60 in this make and model30 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)Upon landing at Wilbur, WA, a gust of wind picked up right wing. Student pilot added more aileron compensate but the gust was too strong. It picked up right-hand wheel and sent the aircraft into a left-hand groundloop hitting the propeller and wing which tore off the left-hand gear leg.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)UPON LANDING AT WILBUR, WA, A GUST OF WIND PICKED UP RIGHT WING. STUDENT PILOT ADDED MORE AILERON COMPENSATE BUT THE GUST WAS TOO STRONG. IT PICKED UP RIGHT-HAND WHEEL AND SENT THE AIRCRAFT INTO A LEFT-HAND GROUNDLOOP HITTING THE PROPELLER AND WING WHICH TORE OFF THE LEFT-HAND GEAR LEG.