# Incident 20010511009249I: Cessna 140, Wilbur, WA, May 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2001, 09:30 local time
- Place: Wilbur, WA
- Airport: Wilbur Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7534° N, 118.7439° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILBUR (2S8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7534&lon=-118.7439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140BT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140BT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010511009249I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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