# Incident 20110428008149I: Lynch George P Jr LYNCH SKYBOLT 01, Palm Springs, CA, April 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2011, 11:00 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8303° N, 116.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8303&lon=-116.5453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68BL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68BL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lynch George P JR LYNCH SKYBOLT 01 (registry code 05655KF, https://openairdocs.org/model/lynch-george-p-jr-lynch-skybolt-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B (registry code 41819, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LYNCH GEORGE P JR LYNCH SKYBOLT 01
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360 A-1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,760 total, 150 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110428008149I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 13L AT PSP, N68BL VEERED TO THE RIGHT DUE TO A WIND GUST AND HIT A RUNWAY MARKER. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND WENT APPROX. 100 FEET INTO THE INFIELD. THIS RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N68BL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100203027869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100203027869I), Feb 3, 2010: Lynch Georg LYNCH SKYBO (N68BL), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. During landing rollout pilot lost control of his homebuilt experimental skybolt biplane. Aircraft suffered very minor damage when it departed runway 31R and…

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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