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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raytheon 58 · Rockwell, TX · November 2, 2015

Date: November 2, 2015 · 16:30 local
Place: Rockwell, TX
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N980PA
Reported as: Raytheon 58
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,510 total550 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N980PARegistered now · Raytheon 58S/N TH-1980 Airframe modelRaytheon 58

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What happened

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On November 2, 2015, at approximately 1630 central daylight time, a Beech baron (BE58), N980PA, departed rockwall municipal airport (F46) for a training flight in rockwall Texas. The pilot was performing slow flight maneuvers, flaps and gear down, when the right wing dropped and the aircraft began to spin. The pilots lost approximately 2000 feet of altitude before recovering. The aircraft sustained minor damage and both pilots were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 2, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BARON (BE58), N980PA, DEPARTED ROCKWALL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F46) FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT IN ROCKWALL TEXAS. THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING SLOW FLIGHT MANEUVERS, FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN, WHEN THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SPIN. THE PILOTS LOST APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET OF ALTITUDE BEFORE RECOVERING.THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND BOTH PILOTS WERE UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.