30.7157° N, 96.3314° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at COULTER FLD (CFD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 16, 2003 · 13:00 local
Place
Bryan, TX
Airport
Coulter Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3814K
Reported as
Swftms GC1B
Reported engine
Continental O300B
Pilot’s flight hours
13,400 total115 in this make and model75 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) Pilot attempted to damp oscillations during roll out by allowing aircraft to depart runway into grass off to the side. The grass and soil were wet which caused sudden deceleration.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO DAMP OSCILLATIONS DURING ROLL OUT BY ALLOWING AIRCRAFT TO DEPART RUNWAY INTO GRASS OFF TO THE SIDE. THE GRASS AND SOIL WERE WET WHICH CAUSED SUDDEN DECELERATION.