# Accident 20170128007239A: Vaughan Gerald R SIDE WINDER TD, Mccook, NE, January 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2017, 17:00 local time
- Place: Mccook, NE
- Airport: Mc Cook Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2058° N, 100.5897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2058&lon=-100.5897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60JV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60JV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vaughan Gerald R SIDE WINDER TD (registry code 0560525, https://openairdocs.org/model/vaughan-gerald-r-side-winder-td) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VAUGHAN GERALD R SIDE WINDER TD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170128007239A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 28, 2017 AT APPROXIMENTLY 1700 HOURS CST, EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, A SIDEWINDER TD, N60JV, SERIAL NUMBER 1004 WAS TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 30 AT THE MCCOOK REGIONAL AIRPORT, MCCOOK, NEBRASKA.  THE WINDS WERE GUSTING 19 - 27 MPH.  AS THE AIRCRAFT FLARED FOR LANDING, THE LEFT WING DROPPED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY HITTING A MARKING SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA17CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA127), Jan 28, 2017: Vaughan Gerald R Side Winder TD (N60JV), McCook, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N60JV (1)

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

- [Accident 20220820014869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220820014869A), Aug 20, 2022: Vaughan Gerald R SIDE WINDER TD (N60JV), Wichita Falls, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On August 20, 2022, about 1331 central daylight time, a smyth sidewinder td, [privacy data omitted], was substantially damaged when it was involved in an…

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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