# Incident 20010520015529I: Nancng CJ6, Memphis, TN, May 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2007° N, 90.0540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN (M01), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2007&lon=-90.0540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4077K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4077K-2017-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6 (registry code 05628VC, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCNG CJ6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 127 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010520015529I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AN EYEWITNESS STATED THAT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON BASE LEG, THE WIND WAS COMING OUT OF THE SOUTH. WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AIRFIELD, THE PILOT MADE HIS TURN ONTO FINAL AND WITH THE AIRCRAFT NEARING TOUCHDOWN, THE WIND SWITCHED FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH, BECOMING A TAIL WIND.  THE WITNESS ESTIMATED THE WIND AT 40 KNOTS, AND STATED THAT OTHERS THAT WITNESSED THIS INCIDENT ESTIMATED THE WINDS AT APPROX. 50 KNOTS.  THE WITNESS ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT 1000 TO 1500 FT PAST THE RUNWAY 16 THRESHOLD.  HE ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TAIL ROSE WITH THE TAILWIND, AND APPEARED TO TAKE SOME, BUT NOT ALL, OF THE WEIGHT OFF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THIS WOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF APPLIED BRAKING FORCE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  PILOT PRODUCED INFORMATION ON THE AIRCRAFT THAT SHOWS WHEN THE RUDDER PEDALS ARE DEPRESSED 16 DEGREES OR MORE FROM NEUTRAL, ONLY ONE MAIN WHEEL BRAKE ASSEMBLY IS ENABLED.  HE FELT THAT THIS WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

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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