# Accident 20170928016059A: Silvaire 8F, Texarkana, AR, September 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4500° N, 93.9964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4500&lon=-93.9964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9902C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9902C-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silvaire 8F (registry code 8190154, https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SILVAIRE 8F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA575](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA575) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170928016059A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 CENTRAL TIME, A LUSCOMBE - 8F ? SILVAIRE, REGISTERED AS N9902C TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED ON RUNWAY 4 AT THE TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT (TXK), TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS.  THIS WAS A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT WITH AN ATP PILOT/BUYER IN THE LEFT SEAT WITH LESS THAN ONE HOUR OF TIME IN THIS MODEL.  THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVATE PILOT WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT.  THE ATP PILOT/BUYER STATED AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT AND THEN TO THE LEFT, ROTATING 360 DEGREES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  THE RIGHT HAND WING, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR STRUCK THE RUNWAY.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD WERE UNINJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAME AIRPORT.

## 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 GAA17CA575](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA575), Sep 28, 2017: Silvaire 8 (N9902C), Texarkana, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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