# Accident 20040619011809A: Frchld 24R40, Lincoln, CA, June 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2004, 09:45 local time
- Place: Lincoln, CA
- Airport: Lincoln Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9092° N, 121.3511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9092&lon=-121.3511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N232E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N232E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild 24R-40 (registry code 3370508, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24r-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD 24R40
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 3 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040619011809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO LAND IN A FULL STALL OR THREE POINT LANDING. HE HAD BOUGHT THE PLANE THE DAY BEFORE AND HAD DONE ONLY WHEEL LANDINGS (4). HE HAD COMPLETED ONE LANDING EARLY THAT MORNING. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WING TIP CAME UP ON HIM JUST AS HE WAS TOUCHING DOWN. HE BELIEVES A WIND GUST CAUGHT THE TIP. HE STATED THAT HE ALMOST REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, BUT THE LANDING GEAR BROKE OR HIT THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA244), Jun 19, 2004: Fairchild 24R-40 (N232E), Lincoln, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control and inadequate compensation for gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop and collision with the runway.

## Other reports on N232E (1)

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

- [Accident 20120608010829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120608010829A), Jun 8, 2012: Fairchild 24R-40 (N232E), Smyrna, TN, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Operated aircraft N232E s/n R40-425 on 6/8/12 from mqy to mqy. At 1435 local time, aircraft landed hard on runway 32, and pilot lost…

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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