# Incident 20120401004309I: Loucks Gary D SH 2, Lincoln, ME, April 1, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2012, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lincoln, ME
- Airport: Lincoln Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3618° N, 68.5345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN RGNL (LRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3618&lon=-68.5345&mi=10
- Aircraft: N352GL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N352GL-2020-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Loucks Gary D SH 2 (registry code 05624Y1, https://openairdocs.org/model/loucks-gary-d-sh-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOUCKS GARY D SH 2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 346 total, 78 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120401004309I

## Narrative

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

AT OR ABOUT 1300 HRS ON 04-01-2012, PILOT IN COMMAND OF N352GL, DEPARTED THE LINCOLN MAINE RGN AIRPORT (LRG), WHICH IS THE PIC'S HOME BASE, HIS DESTINATION WAS MILLINOCKET MAINE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MLT), WHEN THE PIC ARRIVED AT MLT HE PERFORMED APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS USING THE SOUTH RUNWAY, PIC THEN DEPARTED MLT TO RETURN TO HIS HOME BASE AIRPORT LRG.  ARRIVING AT LRG PIC MADE HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17, PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON THE MAIN LANDING WHEELS (CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRPLANE) WHILE IN THE LANDING ROLL WITH THE TAIL WHEEL STILL OFF THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT, PILOT STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES, LIGHT SKID MARKS OF APPROXIMATLEY 180 FEET WERE VISIBLE UP TO THE POINT OF WHERE THE AIRCAFT LEFT THE ASPHALT, AS SOON AS THE MAIN LANDING WHEELS MADE CONTACT WITH THE SOD , THE AIRCRAFT FLIP ONTO IT'S TOP.  THE PILOT LANDED DURING A RIGHT REAR QUATERING TAIL WIND. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCAFT; WOODEN PROPELLER WAS DESTROYED, TOP OF THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL FIN WERE DAMAGE, THE LEFT WINGTIP HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND BOTH OF THE MAIN WHEEL SKIRTS HAD DAMAGE AND THE CANOPY WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N352GL (1)

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

- [Accident 20180711014469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180711014469A), Jul 11, 2018: Loucks Gary D SH 2 (N352GL), Passadumkeag, ME, Substantial damage. N352GL was thouroughly preflighted inside hangar at klrg. Approx. 20 minutes into flight, engine became rough and power reduced by about half with no change in…

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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