# Incident 20190224010519I: Hoover Frank RV-8, Mobile, AL, February 24, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2019, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Mobile Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6268° N, 88.0681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6268&lon=-88.0681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17325, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hoover Frank RV-8 (registry code 05606UB, https://openairdocs.org/model/hoover-frank-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOOVER FRANK RV-8
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,800 total, 820 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190224010519I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  UPON THE ROLL OUT AND AS AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY TURNED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES CAUSING IT TO ROLL INTO THE GRASS ON THE SIDE  OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N17325 (1)

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

- [Accident 20091229053549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091229053549A), Dec 29, 2009: Hoover Fran RV-8 (N17325), Houma, LA, Substantial damage. The pilot was landing on runway 36, at the Houma-Terrebonne Airport in Houma, LA, as the number 2 in a flight of two with a T6. He was about 2,000 feet behind…

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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