# Incident 20151214023289I: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Port Mansfield, TX, December 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2015, 11:15 local time
- Place: Port Mansfield, TX
- Airport: Port Mansfield, Tx
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5694° N, 97.4423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Mansfield, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5694&lon=-97.4423&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 935 total, 34 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151214023289I

## Narrative

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

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 20060422008619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060422008619A), Apr 22, 2006: Aviat A1B (N143HP), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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