# Accident 20160903016069A: Stropki Paul OUTBACK, Dalton, OH, September 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Dalton, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7986° N, 81.6956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7986&lon=-81.6956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stropki Paul OUTBACK (registry code 05608XF, https://openairdocs.org/model/stropki-paul-outback) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STROPKI PAUL OUTBACK
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,157 total, 550 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA507](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA507) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160903016069A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/03/2016 PILOT WAS LANDING ON A PRIVATE SOD RUNWAY. DURING THE LANDING A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLOAT DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY BY GROUND LOOPING THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE DEPARTING THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A HIGH TENSILE WIRE TYPE FENCE AND FENCE POST BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA507](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA507), Sep 3, 2016: Stropki Paul Outback (N56P), Dalton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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