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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1 · Lyndonville, VT · August 22, 2011

Date: August 22, 2011 · 15:00 local
Place: Lyndonville, VT
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8765H
Reported as: Aviat A-1
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot

N8765HRegistered now · Aviat A-1S/N 1246 · Built 1993 Airframe modelAviat A-1 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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 reported while transitioning from landing to taxi a 22MPH gust of wind hit the aircraft causing plane to turn left in a slow motion. Pilot had applied full right rudder and some brakes but indicated he could not stop it. The aircraft went into a deep ditch (estimated 5 ft) next to the runway. According to the pilot statement aircraft suffered damage to the propeller, right hand landing, right hand wing ti and right hand elevator.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED WHILE TRANSITIONING FROM LANDING TO TAXI A 22MPH GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING PLANE TO TURN LEFT IN A SLOW MOTION. PILOT HAD APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND SOME BRAKES BUT INDICATED HE COULD NOT STOP IT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A DEEP DITCH (ESTIMATED 5 FT) NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT STATEMENT AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, RIGHT HAND LANDING, RIGHT HAND WING TI AND RIGHT HAND ELEVATOR.