20020921025839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MERLIN GT · Arlington, WA · September 21, 2002

Date
September 21, 2002 · 18:30 local
Place
Arlington, WA
Airport
Arlington Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N80104
Reported as
Amtr Merlingt
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total90 in this make and model25 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) Aircraft was landing on rwy 34 at awo. Aircraft caught wind and hit runway light causing aircraft to ground loop. Left wheel came off, left wing tip struck ground then landing gear folded. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RWY 34 AT AWO. AIRCRAFT CAUGHT WIND AND HIT RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. LEFT WHEEL CAME OFF, LEFT WING TIP STRUCK GROUND THEN LANDING GEAR FOLDED. NO INJURIES.