20040927032049I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 14-19-2 · Menominee, MI · September 27, 2004

Date: September 27, 2004 · 16:45 local
Place: Menominee, MI
Airport: Menominee-Marinette Twin Coun
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9841B
Reported as: Blanca 14192
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,600 total15 in the last 90 days

N9841BRegistered now · Bellanca 14-19-2S/N 4093 · Built 1958 Airframe modelBellanca 14-19-2 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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) "Industrial incident-no intent to fly" pilot was taxiing aircraft had had recently purchased to become familiar with it and had no intention of flight before receiving instruction from a competent flight instructor. During taxi practice while going down wind, pilot attempted right turn and wind caught tail and tail came rapidly to the left and pilot could not stop the resulting ground loop. This incident happened while taxiing on runway 21 at Menominee, MI.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) "INDUSTRIAL INCIDENT-NO INTENT TO FLY" PILOT WAS TAXIING AIRCRAFT HAD HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH IT AND HAD NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT BEFORE RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM A COMPETENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. DURING TAXI PRACTICE WHILE GOING DOWN WIND, PILOT ATTEMPTED RIGHT TURN AND WIND CAUGHT TAIL AND TAIL CAME RAPIDLY TO THE LEFT AND PILOT COULD NOT STOP THE RESULTING GROUND LOOP. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE TAXIING ON RUNWAY 21 AT MENOMINEE, MI.