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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 195B · Chesterfield, MO · May 1, 2018

Date
May 1, 2018 · 19:55 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St. Louis
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N88DL
Reported as
Cessna 195B
Reported engine
JACOBS R755B series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,711 total332 in this make and model21 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.

While attempting to land in a crosswind, on landing rollout aircraft left wing began to lift, pilot could not keep aircraft from eventually ground looping and right wing contacted runway. Just before coming to a stop another gust of wind pushed aircraft onto its nose. Aircraft came to rest on centerline of runway.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A CROSSWIND, ON LANDING ROLLOUT AIRCRAFT LEFT WING BEGAN TO LIFT, PILOT COULD NOT KEEP AIRCRAFT FROM EVENTUALLY GROUND LOOPING AND RIGHT WING CONTACTED RUNWAY. JUST BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ANOTHER GUST OF WIND PUSHED AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS NOSE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY.