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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Moravan A S Z-50 LE · Springerville, AZ · May 22, 2010

Date
May 22, 2010 · 14:00 local
Place
Springerville, AZ
Airport
Springerville Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N250LE
Reported as
Moravan A S Z-50 LE
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO540-L1B5D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,566 total221 in this make and model36 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.

Pilot was attempting to land on rwy 29 with a crosswind. Wind was gusting to 25 plus according to pilot. During landing rollout the aircarft began to weathervane and pilot could not correct with controls. Aircraft ground looped and nosed over causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 29 WITH A CROSSWIND. WIND WAS GUSTING TO 25 PLUS ACCORDING TO PILOT. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCARFT BEGAN TO WEATHERVANE AND PILOT COULD NOT CORRECT WITH CONTROLS. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND NOSED OVER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.