# Incident 20100425032449I: Aviat Aircr A-1C-180, Breckenridge, TX, April 25, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2010, 11:02 local time
- Place: Breckenridge, TX
- Airport: Stephens County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7188° N, 98.8916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEPHENS COUNTY (BKD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7188&lon=-98.8916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCR A-1C-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 22 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100425032449I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN DEPARTED BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT IN N70MA, A AVIAT A-1C-180 AIRCRAFT.  UPON RETURNING TO BRECKENRIDGE, THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A PERFECT TWO WHEEL LANDING AND WHEN THE TAIL STARTED DOWN, HE EASED BACK ON THE STICK AND SECURED THE TAIL WHEEL TO THE RUNWAY.  HE THEN STATED A GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND TO THE RIGHT WING TIP.

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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