# Incident 20100526005929I: Dowrick Cha LIGHT SPORT, North Las Vegas, NV, May 26, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2010, 09:55 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1989° N, 115.1175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Las Vegas, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1989&lon=-115.1175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dowrick Charles LIGHT SPORT (registry code 05621L0, https://openairdocs.org/model/dowrick-charles-light-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-C1B (registry code 42028, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-c1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOWRICK CHA LIGHT SPORT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-235-C1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 449 total, 10 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100526005929I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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