20080229011659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mchenr SUPER CYCLONE · Liberal, KS · February 29, 2008

Date
February 29, 2008 · 16:30 local
Place
Liberal, KS
Airport
Liberal Mid-America Regional
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95MT
Reported as
Mchenr Supercyclone
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total60 in this make and model10 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) Airman stated he had lost control during landing and did not have enough rudder control to straighten the aircraft out, resulting in a ground loop and nose over. Note: this aircraft is a Cessna 180-185 copy. Minor damage to the right wing tip area and prop were the result. Airman also stated he had underestimated the winds.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN STATED HE HAD LOST CONTROL DURING LANDING AND DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUDDER CONTROL TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT OUT, RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP AND NOSE OVER. NOTE: THIS AIRCRAFT IS A CESSNA 180-185 COPY. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AREA AND PROP WERE THE RESULT. AIRMAN ALSO STATED HE HAD UNDERESTIMATED THE WINDS.