# Incident 20160403003179I: Aero Commander 100-180, Cushing, OK, April 3, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2016, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cushing, OK
- Airport: Cushing Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9500° N, 96.7734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUSHING MUNI (CUH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9500&lon=-96.7734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4063X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4063X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 100-180 (registry code 0140208, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-100-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 100-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 1,119 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160403003179I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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