# Incident 20160226001339I: Republic RC-3, Spring, TX, February 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2016, 09:20 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Air
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5090J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5090J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Republic RC-3 (registry code 3080202, https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A8 series (registry code 27030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a8-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REPUBLIC RC-3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 11 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160226001339I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS LANDING AT DWH AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 17R WITH A CROSSWIND. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, AND THE LEFT WHEEL WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT THEN GROUND LOOPED. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY, AND NO INJURIES. PILOT TRIED TAXIING THROUGH THE GRASS BUT BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD.

WEATHER: KDWH 261453Z 08009KT 10SM CLR 10/M02 A3049

## Other reports on N5090J (1)

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

- [Incident 19920112002569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920112002569I), Jan 12, 1992: Stolam RC3 (N5090J), Ormond Beach, FL, Minor damage. Pilot had green lights. The main landing gear collapsed on landing rollout.

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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