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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · American Champion 8KCAB · Santa Ana, CA · February 14, 2016

Date
February 14, 2016 · 11:30 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N161SA
Reported as
American Champion 8KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
109 total16 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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.

On February 14, 2016 @ approximately 1130 PST, aircraft N161SA, s/n 901-2002 landed at John Wayne airport, Santa Ana, CA on runway 20L pilot ground looped the aircraft causing the right main landing gear arm to shear off at the axle.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 14, 2016 @ APPROXIMATELY 1130 PST, AIRCRAFT N161SA, S/N 901-2002 LANDED AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT, SANTA ANA, CA ON RUNWAY 20L PILOT GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ARM TO SHEAR OFF AT THE AXLE.