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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · New Bern, NC · June 19, 2012

Date
June 19, 2012 · 10:15 local
Place
New Bern, NC
Airport
New Bern
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5793C
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total10 in this make and model31 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.

Left main tire failed on landing. Aircraft exited runway 22 to the right and ground looped in the grass. FAA inspector performed an external damage assessment. Damage found on left wing tip, left wheel and tire, wing root fairing and windshield cracking and displacement. Damage categorized as minor. Pilot statement received. Correspondence sent to the aircraft owner recommending wing attachement and landing gear hidden damage inspections and submission of malfunction defect report on the left main tire that failed.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN TIRE FAILED ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 22 TO THE RIGHT AND GROUND LOOPED IN THE GRASS. FAA INSPECTOR PERFORMED AN EXTERNAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. DAMAGE FOUND ON LEFT WING TIP, LEFT WHEEL AND TIRE, WING ROOT FAIRING AND WINDSHIELD CRACKING AND DISPLACEMENT. DAMAGE CATEGORIZED AS MINOR. PILOT STATEMENT RECEIVED. CORRESPONDENCE SENT TO THE AIRCRAFT OWNER RECOMMENDING WING ATTACHEMENT AND LANDING GEAR HIDDEN DAMAGE INSPECTIONS AND SUBMISSION OF MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT ON THE LEFT MAIN TIRE THAT FAILED.

Other reports on N5793C · 1

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