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FAA incident report · Dowrick Cha LIGHT SPORT · North Las Vegas, NV · May 26, 2010

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Date
May 26, 2010 · 09:55 local
Place
North Las Vegas, NV
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N401CD
Reported as
Dowrick Cha Light Sport
Reported engine
Lycoming O-235-C1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
449 total10 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days
N401CDRegistered now · Dowrick Charles LIGHT SPORTS/N 1 · Built 2006Airframe modelDowrick Charles LIGHT SPORTEngine modelLycoming O-235-C1BReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Wednesday may 26, 2010 at approximately 10:00 am pilot paul whissel was flying an experimental amatuer built conventional landing gear configured airplane at vgt. Mr. Whissel statement "after completing 6 stop and go's in a closed pattern at kvgt on runway 12L, I requested a full stop landing. The tower cleared me for the full stop landing on RUNWAY12R. I made a stabilized approach on runway 12R. After touch down and roll out, I encountered a right cross wind gust which weather vaned the tail wheel aircraft into a ground loop and resulted in a minimal propeller tip strike. The total time of the flight was 0.7 "after reviewing the pilots statement of events as well as reviewing the individuals airmen information/aids/eis and nptrs and evidence from the aircraft, it is this inspectors opinion that in the interest of aviation safety that Mr. Whissel undergo a bi-annual flight review in a conventional landing gear equipped aircraft with an instructor/evaluator other than the part owner of N401CD privacy data omitted. Upon completion of the aforementioned review Mr. Whissel will forward a copy of those results to this office for inclusion into this file.

As the FAA filed it

WEDNESDAY MAY 26, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM PILOT PAUL WHISSEL WAS FLYING AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATUER BUILT CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR CONFIGURED AIRPLANE AT VGT. MR. WHISSEL STATEMENT "AFTER COMPLETING 6 STOP AND GO'S IN A CLOSED PATTERN AT KVGT ON RUNWAY 12L, I REQUESTED A FULL STOP LANDING. THE TOWER CLEARED ME FOR THE FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY12R. I MADE A STABILIZED APPROACH ON RUNWAY 12R. AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND ROLL OUT, I ENCOUNTERED A RIGHT CROSS WIND GUST WHICH WEATHER VANED THE TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT INTO A GROUND LOOP AND RESULTED IN A MINIMAL PROPELLER TIP STRIKE. THE TOTAL TIME OF THE FLIGHT WAS 0.7 "AFTER REVIEWING THE PILOTS STATEMENT OF EVENTS AS WELL AS REVIEWING THE INDIVIDUALS AIRMEN INFORMATION/AIDS/EIS AND NPTRS AND EVIDENCE FROM THE AIRCRAFT, IT IS THIS INSPECTORS OPINION THAT IN THE INTEREST OF AVIATION SAFETY THAT MR. WHISSEL UNDERGO A BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW IN A CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT WITH AN INSTRUCTOR/EVALUATOR OTHER THAN THE PART OWNER OF N401CD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. UPON COMPLETION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED REVIEW MR. WHISSEL WILL FORWARD A COPY OF THOSE RESULTS TO THIS OFFICE FOR INCLUSION INTO THIS FILE.