20090415005729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Roserh A4-C · Houston, TX · April 15, 2009

Date
April 15, 2009 · 13:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Lone Star Executive
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14882
Reported as
Roserh A4-C
Reported engine
Continental O200*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
528 total30 in this make and model9 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) After a normal landing and prior to departing the runway, a gust of wind caused the aircraft to start a ground loop and application of the right brake contributed to the right gear strut to bend. The right wing tip scraped the ground and minor damage was done to the fabric at the wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER A NORMAL LANDING AND PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO START A GROUND LOOP AND APPLICATION OF THE RIGHT BRAKE CONTRIBUTED TO THE RIGHT GEAR STRUT TO BEND. THE RIGHT WING TIP SCRAPED THE GROUND AND MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FABRIC AT THE WING TIP.