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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Vstar · Conroe, TX · November 22, 2006

Date
November 22, 2006 · 14:45 local
Place
Conroe, TX
Airport
Montgomery County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46A
Reported as
Amtr Vstar
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
564 total200 in this make and model12 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 ground looped on landing. Aircraft touched down on mains, as aircraft was slowing and tail dropping, the tail came around to the left 90 degrees. Left main gear collapsed, and l/h wing tip touched down, damage done to cloth only. Pilot said that he tried to straighten out using rudder, not power.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON MAINS, AS AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING AND TAIL DROPPING, THE TAIL CAME AROUND TO THE LEFT 90 DEGREES. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, AND L/H WING TIP TOUCHED DOWN, DAMAGE DONE TO CLOTH ONLY. PILOT SAID THAT HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT USING RUDDER, NOT POWER.