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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dean George Dean/Pitts · Deland, FL · January 12, 2010

Date
January 12, 2010 · 10:20 local
Place
Deland, FL
Airport
Deland Municipal-Sidney H Tayl
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N306GD
Reported as
Dean George Dean/Pitts
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total30 in this make and model30 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.

During landing rollout on runway 30 at the Deland airport, aircraft N306GD, serial number 001 flipped and came to rest in an inverted position on the grass next to the taxiway. The propeller, engine, engine cowling, wing center section, right wing tip, and the left wheel assembly fairing was damaged when the aircraft came in contact with the ground. The pilot, privacy data omitted stated that he tired to correct for crosswinds during landing rollout when his right foot became hung between the right rudder pedal and the smoke generating system oil tank. He tried to apply opposite rudder and break force to counteract the force being applied by his right foot on the rudder pedal. The force caused the aircraft to head in the direction of a runway sign. He intentionally ground loop the aircraft to avoid hitting the sign.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 30 AT THE DELAND AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT N306GD, SERIAL NUMBER 001 FLIPPED AND CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION ON THE GRASS NEXT TO THE TAXIWAY. THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, ENGINE COWLING, WING CENTER SECTION, RIGHT WING TIP, AND THE LEFT WHEEL ASSEMBLY FAIRING WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE TIRED TO CORRECT FOR CROSSWINDS DURING LANDING ROLLOUT WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME HUNG BETWEEN THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AND THE SMOKE GENERATING SYSTEM OIL TANK. HE TRIED TO APPLY OPPOSITE RUDDER AND BREAK FORCE TO COUNTERACT THE FORCE BEING APPLIED BY HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE RUDDER PEDAL. THE FORCE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO HEAD IN THE DIRECTION OF A RUNWAY SIGN. HE INTENTIONALLY GROUND LOOP THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID HITTING THE SIGN.