# Accident 20130727012749A: Cessna 175, North Windham, CT, July 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: North Windham, CT
- Airport: Windham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7397° N, 72.1739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7397&lon=-72.1739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9388B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9388B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,356 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA343) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130727012749A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 WITH LIGHT WINDS. UPON LANDING THE TAIL WHEEL BEGAN TO SHUTTER AS IT TOUCHED THE ASPHALT RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A RIGHT SKIDDING TURN, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON TO THE GRASS. THE LEFT WING,AND LEFT ELEVATOR WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF CONTACTING THE GROUND IN THE GRASS.  THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE SKIDDING ACTION FROM THE RUNWAY ON TO THE GRASS AND POSSIBLY THE SUBSEQUENT TAXI TO THE PARKING RAMP WITH THE TAILWHEEL BENT AND LOCKED TO THE RIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA13LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA343), Jul 27, 2013: Cessna 175 (N9388B), Willimantic, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N9388B (1)

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

- [Incident 20220531009209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220531009209I), May 31, 2022: Cessna 175 (N9388B), Redmond, OR, Minor damage. Airman was landing at Redmond airport. Winds were a crosswind but within limits according to airman, landing was ok but as the aircraft was rolling out, the…

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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