20170520021029I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Jewett Kelsey RV6 · Chickasha, OK · May 20, 2017

Date
May 20, 2017 · 16:30 local
Place
Chickasha, OK
Airport
Chickasha Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1KJ
Reported as
Jewett Kelsey RV6
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
117 total59 in this make and model3 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.

The pilotprivacy data omitted was on a pleasure flight and to obtain fuel at (kchk) Chickasha ok. After departing from (kduc) duncan, OK. Upon arrival at Chickasha the pilot was performing landings and takeoffs on runway 36. The pilot stated that the winds were reported as 330 at 6 and his first two landings were not as smooth as he was trying to achieve.

On the third landing he had full flaps and power was at idle as he crossed end of the runway he began his flair and a gust moved the airplane up and the wind lifted the left wing. The wind also pushed on the tail. The airplane touched down but bounced and the nose went left. The right rudder and brakes was not enough to counter the gust and momentum, a ground loop ensued, and the aircraft went off the runway and ran over a runway footage marker.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT AND TO OBTAIN FUEL AT (KCHK) CHICKASHA OK. AFTER DEPARTING FROM (KDUC) DUNCAN, OK. UPON ARRIVAL AT CHICKASHA THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS ON RUNWAY 36. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 330 AT 6 AND HIS FIRST TWO LANDINGS WERE NOT AS SMOOTH AS HE WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

ON THE THIRD LANDING HE HAD FULL FLAPS AND POWER WAS AT IDLE AS HE CROSSED END OF THE RUNWAY HE BEGAN HIS FLAIR AND A GUST MOVED THE AIRPLANE UP AND THE WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING. THE WIND ALSO PUSHED ON THE TAIL. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN BUT BOUNCED AND THE NOSE WENT LEFT. THE RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKES WAS NOT ENOUGH TO COUNTER THE GUST AND MOMENTUM, A GROUND LOOP ENSUED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND RAN OVER A RUNWAY FOOTAGE MARKER.