20190126009569I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cubcrafters CC11-160 · Lakeland, FL · January 26, 2019

Date
January 26, 2019 · 15:01 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N275DL
Reported as
Cubcrafters CC11-160
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total150 in this make and model

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.

Pilot had an uneventful landing it wasn't until he was making the turn onto the taxiway that he was hit with a large gust of wind.

Pilot stated he immediately assessed the situation and determined with no one else in the nearby vicinity it was safer to allow the aircraft to go into the grass than stomp on the brake or attempt to kick it around. The pressures required to this could have caused damage to his tail wheel and aircraft.

He taxied clear of the grass onto the taxiway where ATC asked him to stop and they rolled the firetrucks to access any damage. There was none. He then started up and taxied to his hangar.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IT WASN'T UNTIL HE WAS MAKING THE TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY THAT HE WAS HIT WITH A LARGE GUST OF WIND.

PILOT STATED HE IMMEDIATELY ASSESSED THE SITUATION AND DETERMINED WITH NO ONE ELSE IN THE NEARBY VICINITY IT WAS SAFER TO ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO GO INTO THE GRASS THAN STOMP ON THE BRAKE OR ATTEMPT TO KICK IT AROUND. THE PRESSURES REQUIRED TO THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO HIS TAIL WHEEL AND AIRCRAFT.

HE TAXIED CLEAR OF THE GRASS ONTO THE TAXIWAY WHERE ATC ASKED HIM TO STOP AND THEY ROLLED THE FIRETRUCKS TO ACCESS ANY DAMAGE. THERE WAS NONE. HE THEN STARTED UP AND TAXIED TO HIS HANGAR.