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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Hilo, HI · June 3, 2018

Date
June 3, 2018 · 09:28 local
Place
Hilo, HI
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4471R
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
955 total416 in this make and model10 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.

Helicopters were operating near by approach end of runway. Potential air turbulence from black hawk helicopters may have lifted right wing as pilot was in landing configuration, slow and low near the ground. Very minor ground loop occured on roll out, which caused light damage to after market STC wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTERS WERE OPERATING NEAR BY APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. POTENTIAL AIR TURBULENCE FROM BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS MAY HAVE LIFTED RIGHT WING AS PILOT WAS IN LANDING CONFIGURATION, SLOW AND LOW NEAR THE GROUND. VERY MINOR GROUND LOOP OCCURED ON ROLL OUT, WHICH CAUSED LIGHT DAMAGE TO AFTER MARKET STC WING TIP.

Other reports on N4471R · 2

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