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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna C-165 · De Pere, WI · May 20, 2012

Date: May 20, 2012 · 14:00 local
Place: De Pere, WI
Airport: Antique Aerodrome
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N237E
Reported as: Cessna C-165
Reported engine: WARNER SS165 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 750 total229 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N237ERegistered now · Cessna C-165S/N 554 · Built 1940 Airframe modelCessna C-165 Engine modelWarner SS165 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed at home base airport 9WS2 (Antique Aerodrome, De Pere, WI) on the south sod runway. Green bay airport (grb), which is 7 miles north of 9WS2, reported winds at 190? 21KTS gusting to 31KTS in the 18:53Z (13:53 LCL) METAR. Pilot stated he landed using a wheel landing and shortly after lowering the tail wheel, the right wing came up causing the left wing to strike ground. The pilot stated that at the same time the aircraft veered left to the runway edge which has tall grass and a slight berm that drops off into a drainage ditch. The pilot stated that full right rudder at that point did not stop the aircraft from veering towards the left side of the runway. The aircraft came to rest on it nose in the east drainage ditch approximately 90? Off runway heading. The aircraft sustained damage to the propeller, cowl, left main gear and left wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED AT HOME BASE AIRPORT 9WS2 (ANTIQUE AERODROME, DE PERE, WI) ON THE SOUTH SOD RUNWAY. GREEN BAY AIRPORT (GRB), WHICH IS 7 MILES NORTH OF 9WS2, REPORTED WINDS AT 190? 21KTS GUSTING TO 31KTS IN THE 18:53Z (13:53 LCL) METAR. PILOT STATED HE LANDED USING A WHEEL LANDING AND SHORTLY AFTER LOWERING THE TAIL WHEEL, THE RIGHT WING CAME UP CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO STRIKE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THE SAME TIME THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT TO THE RUNWAY EDGE WHICH HAS TALL GRASS AND A SLIGHT BERM THAT DROPS OFF INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE PILOT STATED THAT FULL RIGHT RUDDER AT THAT POINT DID NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM VEERING TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON IT NOSE IN THE EAST DRAINAGE DITCH APPROXIMATELY 90? OFF RUNWAY HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, COWL, LEFT MAIN GEAR AND LEFT WING TIP.