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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 7KCAB · San Diego, CA · May 11, 2014

Date
May 11, 2014 · 15:58 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8753
Reported as
Bellanca 7KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
270 total40 in this make and model40 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.

Pilot privacy data omitted landed the tailwheel aircraft on 28 right at myf. The winds at the time were 320 @16 gusting to 23 knots. He decided that the santa ana conditions were increasing the velocity of the winds beyond his skill level and so after landing on 28R, he then taxied clear of the runway and waited to be switched to ground control. As he waited between the runways for the ground controller to give him taxi instructions, a very strong wind gust picked up the tail of the aircraft and pushed the running propeller into the ground. privacy data omitted Said it was very abrupt and he had his flight controls deflected properly. He said he immediately shut down the engine there on the taxiway, and asked the controller for a tow. Prop damage was significant and it was replaced. The engine was also inspected.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT ON 28 RIGHT AT MYF. THE WINDS AT THE TIME WERE 320 @16 GUSTING TO 23 KNOTS. HE DECIDED THAT THE SANTA ANA CONDITIONS WERE INCREASING THE VELOCITY OF THE WINDS BEYOND HIS SKILL LEVEL AND SO AFTER LANDING ON 28R, HE THEN TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND WAITED TO BE SWITCHED TO GROUND CONTROL. AS HE WAITED BETWEEN THE RUNWAYS FOR THE GROUND CONTROLLER TO GIVE HIM TAXI INSTRUCTIONS, A VERY STRONG WIND GUST PICKED UP THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PUSHED THE RUNNING PROPELLER INTO THE GROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID IT WAS VERY ABRUPT AND HE HAD HIS FLIGHT CONTROLS DEFLECTED PROPERLY. HE SAID HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE THERE ON THE TAXIWAY, AND ASKED THE CONTROLLER FOR A TOW. PROP DAMAGE WAS SIGNIFICANT AND IT WAS REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS ALSO INSPECTED.