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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Commander 100-180 · Cushing, OK · April 3, 2016

Date
April 3, 2016 · 19:30 local
Place
Cushing, OK
Airport
Cushing Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4063X
Reported as
Aero Commander 100-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,600 total1,119 in this make and model33 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.

Student pilot privacy data omittedand his flight instructor privacy data omitted was practicing crosswind landings on runway 18 at Cushing Municipal Airport,OK. Winds that day were 9K gusting 16K. privacy data omitted Was performing a simulated engine failure with the power to idle. privacy data omitted Overshot the runway a little nose to the left of center line and in a left drift. At that time flight instructor privacy data omitted told the student that he has the controls, privacy data omitted released the controls. privacy data omitted Was unsuccfully in trying to recover the aircraft due to the high flare and sudden sink rate. The aircraft hit hard on the right main gear, causing damage to it. He was not able to stop the aircraft from exiting the runway to the right which resulted in hiting a taixway sign with the right wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 18 AT CUSHING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,OK. WINDS THAT DAY WERE 9K GUSTING 16K. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE WITH THE POWER TO IDLE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY A LITTLE NOSE TO THE LEFT OF CENTER LINE AND IN A LEFT DRIFT. AT THAT TIME FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD THE STUDENT THAT HE HAS THE CONTROLS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RELEASED THE CONTROLS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNSUCCFULLY IN TRYING TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE HIGH FLARE AND SUDDEN SINK RATE. THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, CAUSING DAMAGE TO IT. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM EXITING THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN HITING A TAIXWAY SIGN WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP.