20130909020119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing E75 · Gardner, KS · September 9, 2013

Date
September 9, 2013 · 09:08 local
Place
Gardner, KS
Airport
Gardner Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1734B
Reported as
Boeing E75
Reported engine
Lycoming R680-4P-B4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total650 in this make and model45 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.

As the pilot landed on runway 26 and the tailwheel lowered to the ground, he applied controls to compensate for the gusty crosswind, but the aircraft drifted off the right edge of the paved runway. As they approached a glider parked in the grass, the pilot forcefully applied the brakes and the aircraft flipped over on its back in the grassy area to the right of the paved runway.

As the FAA filed it

AS THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 26 AND THE TAILWHEEL LOWERED TO THE GROUND, HE APPLIED CONTROLS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE GUSTY CROSSWIND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE PAVED RUNWAY. AS THEY APPROACHED A GLIDER PARKED IN THE GRASS, THE PILOT FORCEFULLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK IN THE GRASSY AREA TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAVED RUNWAY.