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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Fairfax R/Johnson R RANS S-7S · Hailey, ID · July 22, 2011

Date
July 22, 2011 · 12:23 local
Place
Hailey, ID
Airport
Hailey
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N116PK
Reported as
Fairfax R/Johnson R Rans S-7S
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,450 total160 in this make and model28 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.

On the landing roll out, as the tail wheel touched down, it caused the aircraft to shake. The pilot lost directional control and ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

ON THE LANDING ROLL OUT, AS THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, IT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SHAKE. THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED.