What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Airman landed his aircraft to the south and continued his landing roll out further south than usual due to an aircraft landing behind him. He taxied the aircraft to the right of the runway to be off the landing surface in a cut out of the treeline. He then went to make a 180 degree turn to the left once the other aicraft had cleared the runway and did not notice his right wing was too close to the treeline. A branch entered the gap between end of the right wingtip and aileron causing the aileron attach points to separate from the rear spar pulling directly out of the wood. The wingtip and aileron were also damaged in the process adversely affecting the flight characteristics of the aircraft. The airman was counseled on assuring proper clearance from obstacles during taxi operations.
Note: the aircraft has estimated 2000 total airframe hours with no aircraft logs. It has acquired 201.3 hours since total restoration.
As the FAA filed it
AIRMAN LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT TO THE SOUTH AND CONTINUED HIS LANDING ROLL OUT FURTHER SOUTH THAN USUAL DUE TO AN AIRCRAFT LANDING BEHIND HIM. HE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY TO BE OFF THE LANDING SURFACE IN A CUT OUT OF THE TREELINE. HE THEN WENT TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT ONCE THE OTHER AICRAFT HAD CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND DID NOT NOTICE HIS RIGHT WING WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE TREELINE. A BRANCH ENTERED THE GAP BETWEEN END OF THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND AILERON CAUSING THE AILERON ATTACH POINTS TO SEPARATE FROM THE REAR SPAR PULLING DIRECTLY OUT OF THE WOOD. THE WINGTIP AND AILERON WERE ALSO DAMAGED IN THE PROCESS ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED ON ASSURING PROPER CLEARANCE FROM OBSTACLES DURING TAXI OPERATIONS.
NOTE: THE AIRCRAFT HAS ESTIMATED 2000 TOTAL AIRFRAME HOURS WITH NO AIRCRAFT LOGS. IT HAS ACQUIRED 201.3 HOURS SINCE TOTAL RESTORATION.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.