# Incident 20190824017889I: North American SNJ-5, Houston, TX, August 24, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2019, 10:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XSUJ
- Location: 29.6073° N, 95.1587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (EFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6073&lon=-95.1587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N566TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N566TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-5 (registry code 6400418, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-5
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,900 total, 27 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190824017889I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING ROLLOUT.  ON AUGUST 24, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(PILOT) WAS ON A ROUTINE AIR TOUR FLIGHT FOR THE LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM IN ELLINGTON FIELD (EFD) WITH ONE PASSENGER. THE PILOT REPORTED RIGHT BASE TO RUNWAY 17R AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17R WITH THE WIND HEADING OF 010 AT 4 KNOTS. THE PILOT VERIFIED GEAR DOWN AND SELECTED LANDING FLAPS AT 30 DEGREES. THE AIRPLANE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AT 95 MPH AND THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICED A CROSSWIND DRIFT. THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN IN A 3 POINT ATTITUDE AND ROLLED OUT STRAIGHT. WHEN AIRPLANE WAS DECELERATING THROUGH 40 TO 30 MPH THE NOSE BEGAN TO SWING TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED ALMOST FULL RUDDER TO STOP THE SWING THEN WENT NEUTRAL ON THE RUDDER. THE NOSE CONTINUED TO SWING LEFT, APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES OFF CENTERLINE, AND AGAIN THE RUDDER WAS APPLIED TO THE STOP. THE NOSE BEGAN TO REVERSE TO THE RIGHT SO THE RUDDER WAS NEUTRALIZED. THE NOSE SWUNG RAPIDLY TO THE RIGHT, FULL LEFT RUDDER WAS APPLIED WITH LIGHT LEFT BRAKE. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE SWING AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT DRAGGING THE LEFT WING TIP. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP AND HE UNLOCKED THE TAIL WHEEL AND TAXIED DOWN THE RUNWAY TO THEIR HANGAR. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, BROKE OUTER HINGE BRACKET TO LEFT AILERON AND LEFT AILERON FABRIC WAS DAMAGED.

I AM CONSIDERING THIS AN INCIDENT DUE TO THE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

I AM RECOMMENDING COUNSELING FROM OPS INSPECTOR.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.