# Incident 20020625014879I: Gruman F8F1, Breckenridge, TX, June 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Breckenridge, TX
- Airport: Stephens County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7188° N, 98.8916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEPHENS COUNTY (BKD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7188&lon=-98.8916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman F8F-1 (registry code 3950801, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-f8f-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN F8F1
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020625014879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 25, 2002, AT 1630 LOCAL TIME A GRUMMAN F8F-1 BEARCAT OWNED BY THE BRECKENRIDGE AVIATION MUSEUM SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AT BRECKENRIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DURING A LANDING. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, MR. HOWARD E. PARDUE, HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## Other reports on N14HP (2)

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

- [Accident 20120404004569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120404004569A), Apr 4, 2012: Grumman F8F-1 (N14HP), Breckenridge, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On April 4, 2012 at approximately 1410 CDT, N14HP, a Grumman F8F bearcat took off from stephens county airport, Breckenridge, Texas. The pilot took off,…
- [Accident 19990729010122A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729010122A), Jul 29, 1999: Gruman F8F1 (N14HP), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. During takeoff on rwy 18R N712RD collided with N14HP. N712RD was destroyed. N14HP has substantial damage, 1 minor injury. (-23)[privacy data omitted] stopped…

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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