# Incident 20040208013039I: Namer SNJ4, Cocoa, FL, February 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2004, 11:15 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,575 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040208013039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 29 INTO A SHALLOW DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER, DURING A RIGHT-CROSSWIND LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND A NON-CERTIFICATED STUDENT ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING, PROPELLER, RUDDER & LEFT WING TIP, AND A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS DAMAGED. INTERMITTENT SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY FROM THE RIGHT TIRE INDICATED THAT IT LOST CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND BRAKE APPLICATION. FBO PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT THE OBSERVED WINDS AT THE TIME WERE BLOWING FROM 020 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS, WITH OCCASIONAL INCREASES TO 23 KNOTS. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY NORTH-AMERICAN TOP-GUN, INC. ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A TAIL LOW LANDING IN THE CROSSWIND CONDITIONS WITH FLAPS EXTENDED, AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER THE TAILWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN.

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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