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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Crabtree Jack L RV-4 · Taylor, TX · March 21, 2019

Date
March 21, 2019 · 12:28 local
Place
Taylor, TX
Airport
Taylor Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N545JC
Reported as
Crabtree Jack L RV-4
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,036 total

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 was on a personal from Taylor, Texas airport (T-74) to cameron, Texas airport (T-35) and then to brenham, Texas airport (11R) with no landings returning back to Taylor, Texas airport (T-74). Weather en route was clear and smooth above 3500' altitude.

Pilot made a normal approach for landing runway 17 in Taylor. Wind was light estimated at six miles per hour from a heading of 290 degrees. Upon flaring to land pilot encountered a gust of wind just prior to touchdown and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft then veered slightly to the right and nosed over and exited the runway. Pilot was not injured. There was no post crash fire.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON A PERSONAL FROM TAYLOR, TEXAS AIRPORT (T-74) TO CAMERON, TEXAS AIRPORT (T-35) AND THEN TO BRENHAM, TEXAS AIRPORT (11R) WITH NO LANDINGS RETURNING BACK TO TAYLOR, TEXAS AIRPORT (T-74). WEATHER EN ROUTE WAS CLEAR AND SMOOTH ABOVE 3500' ALTITUDE.

PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH FOR LANDING RUNWAY 17 IN TAYLOR. WIND WAS LIGHT ESTIMATED AT SIX MILES PER HOUR FROM A HEADING OF 290 DEGREES. UPON FLARING TO LAND PILOT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AND NOSED OVER AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.