# Incident 20151027017519I: Piper L-21B, Fredericksburg, TX, October 27, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2015, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2657° N, 98.8757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fredericksburg, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2657&lon=-98.8757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40368, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40368) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper L-21B (registry code 7101815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-l-21b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L-21B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,475 total, 284 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151027017519I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 27, 2015, AROUND 14:00 CDT, N40368 WAS LANDING AT GILLESPIE COUNTY AIRPORT (T82) IN FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS.  THE PILOT, WHO IS OWNER/OPERATES OF N40368 UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF FAR PART 91. WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER VMC WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM (5XA6), A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP IN MENARD COUNTY TEXAS,  PRIOR TO DEPARTING 5XA6, HE STATED HE REVIEWED THE METARS AT T82 FOR THE PREVIOUS 4 HOURS. THE PREVAILING WINDS WERE FROM THE WEST AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED WIND GUSTS.

>>> ON APPROACHED TO LAND AT T82, THE PILOT STATED AWOS INDICATED WINDS AT 250 AT 7 KTS. RUNWAY 32 WAS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WITH SEVERAL AIRCRAFT DEPARTING. ON FINAL APPROACH, PILOT STATED HE ESTABLISHED A STABILIZED APPROACH WITH APPROPRIATE TRIM AND FLAP SETTINGS. AIRCRAFT WAS IN GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITH THE LEFT WING IN POSITION TO CORRECT FOR THE CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT. THE LEFT MAIN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN AND TAILWHEEL. HE MAINTAINED THE STICK POSITION TO KEEP THE LEFT WING DOWN AND PULLED THE STICK FULL AFT AS ALL THREE WHEELS CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT. AS THE ROLLOUT BEGAN, A WIND GUST PUSHED THE TAIL TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN LEFT. RUDDER INPUT WAS INEFFECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY IN A LOOP TO THE LEFT, AND AS IT EXITED, THE RIGHT WING STRUT CONTACTED A PAPI LIGHT BOX. THIS CAUSED AN ABRUPT STOP AND THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER ONTO THE PROP. THE ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RIGHTED AND TOWED TO A TEMPORARY HANGAR.

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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