# Incident 20150514008299I: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV, Spartanburg, SC, May 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2015, 14:30 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9157° N, 81.9565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9157&lon=-81.9565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9097, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9097) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV (registry code 1922828, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadian-car-foundry-harvard-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY HARVARD MK IV
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150514008299I

## Narrative

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

NORMAL APPROACH AND WHEEL TYPE LANDING WAS PERFORMED.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND THE TAIL WHEEL HAD COME DOWN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AN UNCOMMANDED TURN TO THE RIGHT. RUDDER AND BRAKE APPLICATION FAILED TO STOP THE TURN. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND SLID INTO THE GRASS. THE INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE LEFT GEAR CAUSED BY THE SIDE LOAD AND RESISTANCE WHILE IN THE GRASS CAUSED STRUT TO BEND AT CHROMED BARREL. WHEN THE GEAR COLLASPED THE LEFT WING DUG INTO THE GRASS AND CAUSED WING TIP DAMAGE. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

## Other reports on N9097 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020906024039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906024039I), Sep 6, 2002: Namer HARVARDMK4 (N9097), Rockwall, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Landing on rwy 35 upslope-cross wind from the east, when the hill was topped and hangers were passed the wind increased and a ground loop ensued which…

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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