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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Waco YMF · Bar Harbor, ME · June 2, 2017

Date
June 2, 2017 · 13:15 local
Place
Bar Harbor, ME
Airport
Hancock County-Bar Harbor
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
9BRJ
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63WC
Reported as
Waco YMF
Reported engine
JACOBS R755B series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,629 total

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.

It was the second flight of the day. One passenger on board. Pilot was landing runway 22 at bhb, the winds were variable between 240 and 270 between 5 and 7 kt. Pilot stated that: on touchdown on 22, the tail went up and the pilot corrected for cross-wind to track straight down the runway. The aircraft slowed on its own until the tail finished flying. Once the tail went down the pilot applied brakes. The right brake pedal went all the way to the floor. But the left brake did still work which immediately turned the aircraft to the left. Pilot took both feet off the brakes and applied full right rudder, but didn?t have enough airspeed for the rudder to keep the aircraft from going off the runway. Aircraft went into the grass on the left side of the runway. The grass was dry, but the ground was saturated. When aircraft got 15 feet into the grass, the main wheels sunk in to mud. The aircraft came to a complete stop resting on the nose of the aircraft. The pilot shut off the fuel and both occupants exited the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

IT WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY. ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. PILOT WAS LANDING RUNWAY 22 AT BHB, THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE BETWEEN 240 AND 270 BETWEEN 5 AND 7 KT. PILOT STATED THAT: ON TOUCHDOWN ON 22, THE TAIL WENT UP AND THE PILOT CORRECTED FOR CROSS-WIND TO TRACK STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED ON ITS OWN UNTIL THE TAIL FINISHED FLYING. ONCE THE TAIL WENT DOWN THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES. THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. BUT THE LEFT BRAKE DID STILL WORK WHICH IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. PILOT TOOK BOTH FEET OFF THE BRAKES AND APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER, BUT DIDN?T HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED FOR THE RUDDER TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM GOING OFF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE GRASS WAS DRY, BUT THE GROUND WAS SATURATED. WHEN AIRCRAFT GOT 15 FEET INTO THE GRASS, THE MAIN WHEELS SUNK IN TO MUD. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP RESTING ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N63WC · 1

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