# Incident 20120927020159I: Fairchild 24 G, Mt. Vernon, WA, September 27, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mt. Vernon, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4171° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Vernon, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4171&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19143 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 24 G
- Reported engine: WARNER SS165 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 997 total, 997 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120927020159I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2012, APPROXIMATELY 15OO PDT, A FAIRCHILD 24G, N19143, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A LOSS IN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL AT RUNWAY 22 AT SKAGIT REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE PRIVATE PILOT, OWNER, AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT INJURED. THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO AT THE TIME. A VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION EXISTED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAS BEEN FILED.THE PILOT INDICATED IN HIS REPORT THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND STARTED DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT, THE PILOT REACTED AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE NORMAL CORRECTIONS TO THE LEFT AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND. SOON AFTER THE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO DO A HARD LEFT TURN WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A GROUND LOOP.  THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDING SIDEWAYS CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR STRUTS INCLUDING THE AXLES TO BREAK CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COLLAPSE ON ITS UNDERSIDE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CREATING ADDITONAL DAMAGE ON THE ENGINE EXHAUST, PROPELLER, A SMALL DENT ON THE FIREWALL COVERINGS, FUSELAGE FORMERS AND FABRIC COVERINGS.THE RECORDS SHOW THAT THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON FEBRUARY 23, 2012.THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS LAST BIENNIAL REVIEW (BFR) WAS ON OCTOBER 9, 2011. THIS BFR WAS CONDUCTED IN A CESSNA 172.

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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