# Incident 20090527008409I: Beech D17S, Janesville, WI, May 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Airport: Southern Wisconsin Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6203° N, 89.0416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RGNL (JVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6203&lon=-89.0416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17985, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17985) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D17S (registry code 1150538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d17s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D17S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 50 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090527008409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)  PILOT LANDED IN GUSTY CROSSWIND.  JUST AS HE LOWERED THE TAIL, THE PLANE SWERVED INTO THE WIND; LEFT.  THE RIGHT WING DIPPED, SCRAPING RIGHT FLAP.  FABRIC IS RUBBED THROUGH ON TRAILING EDGE.  NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  WEATHER AT JVL TOWER AT 1100 HOURS: WIND 320/11G 16 KNOTS, V1Z 10 MI, 1,700 BROKEN, TEMP/DEWPOINT 14/11, ALTIMETER 29.75, PILOT LANDED R/W 04.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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