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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1C-200 · Truckee, CA · June 10, 2011

Date
June 10, 2011 · 15:03 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee-Tahoe
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N383US
Reported as
Aviat A-1C-200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1D6D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
455 total16 in this make and model19 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.

Prior to landing, the pilot performed a crosswind component calculation with winds reported as 250@8 gusting 13. Upon landing rollout on runway 28, a gust of wind from the left lifted the left wing causing the right wing to contact the runway and a subsequent left ground loop. The pilot applied left brake and the aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PILOT PERFORMED A CROSSWIND COMPONENT CALCULATION WITH WINDS REPORTED AS 250@8 GUSTING 13. UPON LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 28, A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT LIFTED THE LEFT WING CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY AND A SUBSEQUENT LEFT GROUND LOOP. THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT BRAKE AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.