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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1C-200 · Sugar Land, TX · March 26, 2014

Date
March 26, 2014 · 11:30 local
Place
Sugar Land, TX
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33TE
Reported as
Aviat A-1C-200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1D6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,400 total40 in this make and model2 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.

Aircraft was resting on it's nose when arrived on the scene. The propeller and spinner severely damaged after ground strike. Visual marks on the concrete indicate aircraft ground looped upon take-off. The right wing tip and right aileron contacted ground during ground loop and did some minor damage. The rest of the aircraft was not damaged.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING ON IT'S NOSE WHEN ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. THE PROPELLER AND SPINNER SEVERELY DAMAGED AFTER GROUND STRIKE. VISUAL MARKS ON THE CONCRETE INDICATE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED UPON TAKE-OFF. THE RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT AILERON CONTACTED GROUND DURING GROUND LOOP AND DID SOME MINOR DAMAGE. THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.