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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Toy Frank CYGNET SF-2A · Oak Hill, FL · October 2, 2018

Date
October 2, 2018 · 17:00 local
Place
Oak Hill, FL
Airport
Blue Ridge Flightpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N339WT
Reported as
Toy Frank Cygnet SF-2A
Reported engine
Volkswagen CONVERSION
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total20 in this make and model16 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.

04OCT2018: arrived at Oak Hill airport to interview pilot and inspect aircraft. Pilot explained that the aircraft flipped over after landing while exiting the grass landing strip. He made a wide left turn as he exited the runway and the right main wheel contacted a 2? X 2? Size gopher tortoise hole that was concealed by tall straw grass, causing the aircraft to flip over.

As the FAA filed it

04OCT2018: ARRIVED AT OAK HILL AIRPORT TO INTERVIEW PILOT AND INSPECT AIRCRAFT. PILOT EXPLAINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AFTER LANDING WHILE EXITING THE GRASS LANDING STRIP. HE MADE A WIDE LEFT TURN AS HE EXITED THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL CONTACTED A 2? X 2? SIZE GOPHER TORTOISE HOLE THAT WAS CONCEALED BY TALL STRAW GRASS, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.