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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Long Beach, CA · July 9, 2009

Date
July 9, 2009 · 12:20 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N177TX
Reported as
Cessna 177
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total300 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) The pilot stated that on final approach he noticed that his airspeed was approximately 10 knots slower than his usual approach speed with a slight weathervane tendency which he corrected for, however upon touchdown, the rollout was normal until the aircraft began to veer to the left, the left wing rose up and the right wing tip struck the GR0UND damaging the wing tip. Upon taxi back, he noticed that the windsock was fully extended pointing directly across the runway, indicating a strong crosswind.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH HE NOTICED THAT HIS AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS SLOWER THAN HIS USUAL APPROACH SPEED WITH A SLIGHT WEATHERVANE TENDENCY WHICH HE CORRECTED FOR, HOWEVER UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT, THE LEFT WING ROSE UP AND THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GR0UND DAMAGING THE WING TIP. UPON TAXI BACK, HE NOTICED THAT THE WINDSOCK WAS FULLY EXTENDED POINTING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE RUNWAY, INDICATING A STRONG CROSSWIND.