# Incident 20180601006769I: Fairchild M-62A, Sussex, NJ, June 1, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2018, 14:30 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1777, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1777) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild M-62A (registry code 3371604, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD M-62A
- Reported engine: FAIRCHILD 6-440 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180601006769I

## Narrative

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

ON 6/1/18 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N1777 (FAIRCHILD M-62A) WHILE CONDUCTING PRACTICE TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AT THE SUSSEX, NJ AIRPORT (KFWN) ON RUNWAY 21.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD BEEN CONUDCTING NUMEROUS TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS WITH A PASSENGER (ALSO A PILOT, HOWEVER NOT ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT). ON THE LAST PRACTICE LANDING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD COMPLETED A WHEEL LANDING AND ONCE THE TAILWHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. AS A RESULT, BOTH MAIN GEAR HAD SHEERED OFF THE AIRCARFT AND THE PROPELLER HAD STRUCK THE GROUND.

WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS OBSEREVD (BY TWO WITNESSES) TO BE VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS. RUNWAY 21 WAS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AT THE TIME.

NO INJURIES REPORTED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE MAIN GEAR, PROPELLER AND LEFT WING. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED BY THE ALLENTOWN FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) AND DETERMINED NOT TO MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES PER THE DEFINITIONS IN 49 CFR 830.2.

ENGINE AND FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY, INCLUDING TAIL WHEEL STEERING WAS ASSESSED AND NO PRE-INCIDENT ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED.

## Other reports on N1777 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750901030899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750901030899A), Sep 1, 1975: Frchld M62A (N1777), Accident, MD, Destroyed. Pax rptd entering fog, 180 deg turn, tree appeared.

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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