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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Fairfield, PA · July 3, 2010

Date
July 3, 2010 · 13:15 local
Place
Fairfield, PA
Airport
Mid Atlantic Soaring Center
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9809P
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA10LA345
Reported as
Piper PA-25-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
11,284 total90 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

During landing roll-out on runway 33RPILOT ground looped aircraft at runway departure end to avoid collision with spectators gathered at runway end and struck glider parked adjacent to runway 33R

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT ON RUNWAY 33RPILOT GROUND LOOPED AIRCRAFT AT RUNWAY DEPARTURE END TO AVOID COLLISION WITH SPECTATORS GATHERED AT RUNWAY END AND STRUCK GLIDER PARKED ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 33R

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

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