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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1B · Port Mansfield, TX · December 14, 2015

Date: December 14, 2015 · 11:15 local
Place: Port Mansfield, TX
Airport: Port Mansfield, Tx
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N143HP
Reported as: Aviat A-1B
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 935 total34 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

N143HPRegistered now · Aviat A-1BS/N NF0007 Airframe modelAviat A-1B Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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 ground-looped on landing. Aircraft departed from harlingen Texas (khrl) and after airborne avionics calibration flew to Port Mansfield, Texas (charles r. johnson field - T05) for touch and go landings on runway 12. Pilot stated he made a long and stable approach with full flaps down. Pilot stated that he had full aft stick at touch down and ?caught a bounce? Then got a little crosswind under the wing and the aircraft ?got away from me?. Pilot stated that this was only the second time he had landed a tailwheel aircraft on a paved runway. There were no injuries. Port Mansfield airport does not have weather reporting equipment, but nearby airports reported winds 150/007 knots at the time of incident. Damage to the aircraft included collapsed right main landing gear, dented fuselage skin under cockpit, scraped right wingtip, wrinkled fabric skin on top right wing, and dented leading edge of right wing. NTSB investigator categorized event as an incident, not an accident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM HARLINGEN TEXAS (KHRL) AND AFTER AIRBORNE AVIONICS CALIBRATION FLEW TO PORT MANSFIELD, TEXAS (CHARLES R. JOHNSON FIELD - T05) FOR TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 12. PILOT STATED HE MADE A LONG AND STABLE APPROACH WITH FULL FLAPS DOWN. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD FULL AFT STICK AT TOUCH DOWN AND ?CAUGHT A BOUNCE? THEN GOT A LITTLE CROSSWIND UNDER THE WING AND THE AIRCRAFT ?GOT AWAY FROM ME?. PILOT STATED THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME HE HAD LANDED A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT ON A PAVED RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. PORT MANSFIELD AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE WEATHER REPORTING EQUIPMENT, BUT NEARBY AIRPORTS REPORTED WINDS 150/007 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, DENTED FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER COCKPIT, SCRAPED RIGHT WINGTIP, WRINKLED FABRIC SKIN ON TOP RIGHT WING, AND DENTED LEADING EDGE OF RIGHT WING. NTSB INVESTIGATOR CATEGORIZED EVENT AS AN INCIDENT, NOT AN ACCIDENT.

Other reports on N143HP · 1

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

Accident 20060422008619ATouch And Go Landing · Chandler, AZ(-23) Pilot was conducting touch and go landings. On his fourth landing the pilot lost control of the aircraft and ground looped off the runway colliding with terrain.Apr 22, 2006 · Substantial damage