# Incident 20091019050569I: Aviat Aircr A-1B, Worcester, MA, October 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2009, 10:15 local time
- Place: Worcester, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2626° N, 71.8023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Worcester, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2626&lon=-71.8023&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36HY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36HY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1P (registry code 42259, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCR A-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 190 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091019050569I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE AN APPROACH AND LANDING IN WORCESTER, MA (KORH) TO RUNWAY 29.  RUNWAY 33 WAS AVAILABLE.  WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE 330 AT 9 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE PILOT REPORTED LANDING WITH A CROSSWIND AND THE UPWIND WING LIFTED DUE TO THE CROSSWIND AND INAPPROPRIATE CROSSWIND CORRECTION.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 150 DEGREES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE RUNWAY HEADING AS EVIDENCED IN POLICE REPORT  AND PICTURES TAKEN BY AIRPORT POLICE OFFICIALS.  MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED FROM THE LOSS OF CONTROL.  THE LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND WAS DAMAGED AS WAS THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CENTER CAP.

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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