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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amcnlg AL11 · Summerville, SC · April 5, 2009

Date
April 5, 2009 · 15:00 local
Place
Summerville, SC
Airport
Summerville
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N872D
Reported as
Amcnlg AL11
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,620 total55 in this make and model15 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) Pilot stated that the winds were directly across the runway all day. After he landed and was exiting the runway he stated that the winds gusted to 24 knots and picked up the tail of the aircraft and caused a prop strike and damage to the lower cowling. This was also confirmed with the airport manager.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE RUNWAY ALL DAY. AFTER HE LANDED AND WAS EXITING THE RUNWAY HE STATED THAT THE WINDS GUSTED TO 24 KNOTS AND PICKED UP THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED A PROP STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWLING. THIS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED WITH THE AIRPORT MANAGER.