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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing A75N1(PT17) · Millville, NJ · May 28, 2011

Date
May 28, 2011 · 10:15 local
Place
Millville, NJ
Airport
Millville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N55508
Reported as
Boeing A75N1(PT17)
Reported engine
Continental W670 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
515 total50 in this make and model6 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 landed on runway 28 at Millville airport (miv). There was a crosswind, as confirmed by the pilot. After touchdown, the aircraft tailwheel was lowered on to the runway, and as the aircraft slowed down, it ground looped. The right lower wing struck the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AT MILLVILLE AIRPORT (MIV). THERE WAS A CROSSWIND, AS CONFIRMED BY THE PILOT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT TAILWHEEL WAS LOWERED ON TO THE RUNWAY, AND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN, IT GROUND LOOPED. THE RIGHT LOWER WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY.