20090510005689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hendri COMP AIR CA-7 · Provo, UT · May 10, 2009

Date: May 10, 2009 · 10:48 local
Place: Provo, UT
Airport: Provo Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N75SH
Reported as: Hendri COMPAIRCA7
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 733 total16 in this make and model96 in the last 90 days

N75SHRegistered now · Hendricks/Case COMP AIR CA-7S/N 007243 Airframe modelHendricks/Case COMP AIR CA-7

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) Upon landing, with 6 knot crosswind and tail wheel down, the pilot pulled the thrust lever into maximum beta. As beta kicked in, the aircraft abruptly turned right. The thrust lever was immediately moved out of beta while simultaneously applying maximum left brake and rudder. These actions could not arrest the right turn and the aircraft ground looped. During the ground loop, the left wheel broke, the left wing tip received minor damage and the left aileron received superficial damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON LANDING, WITH 6 KNOT CROSSWIND AND TAIL WHEEL DOWN, THE PILOT PULLED THE THRUST LEVER INTO MAXIMUM BETA. AS BETA KICKED IN, THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY TURNED RIGHT. THE THRUST LEVER WAS IMMEDIATELY MOVED OUT OF BETA WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING MAXIMUM LEFT BRAKE AND RUDDER. THESE ACTIONS COULD NOT ARREST THE RIGHT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. DURING THE GROUND LOOP, THE LEFT WHEEL BROKE, THE LEFT WING TIP RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE LEFT AILERON RECEIVED SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE.