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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Pittstown, NJ · June 17, 2013

Date
June 17, 2013 · 14:45 local
Place
Pittstown, NJ
Airport
Sky Manor
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72543
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total

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 tried to depart to avoid oncoming storm. The pilot started the departure roll but the cornering tailwind and strong gusty winds caused the aircraft to groundloop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TRIED TO DEPART TO AVOID ONCOMING STORM. THE PILOT STARTED THE DEPARTURE ROLL BUT THE CORNERING TAILWIND AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUNDLOOP.