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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Richard Clark RANS S-7S COURIER · Glendale, AZ · October 16, 2019

Date
October 16, 2019 · 11:40 local
Place
Glendale, AZ
Airport
Glendale Municipal
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N765RC
Reported as
Richard Clark Rans S-7S Courier
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
800 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 reports that aircraft landed on rwy 01 after an 8 mile straight in approach, at the recommended no-flap approach speed of 65 KTS. Winds reported 060 @ 6 KTS and a slight crab was needed. Normal touchdown occurred with aircraft slightly left of centerline. As aircraft decelerated and pilot initiated a left turn for the taxiway, the right wing came up abruptly and pilot applied aileron to bring it down but wing stayed high and another push to the left was felt. Left wing tip contacted the ground and aircraft veered left off of the runway into the dirt just past the taxiway. Aircraft sustained minor damage to gel coat on left wing tip fairing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTS THAT AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 01 AFTER AN 8 MILE STRAIGHT IN APPROACH, AT THE RECOMMENDED NO-FLAP APPROACH SPEED OF 65 KTS. WINDS REPORTED 060 @ 6 KTS AND A SLIGHT CRAB WAS NEEDED. NORMAL TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED WITH AIRCRAFT SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTERLINE. AS AIRCRAFT DECELERATED AND PILOT INITIATED A LEFT TURN FOR THE TAXIWAY, THE RIGHT WING CAME UP ABRUPTLY AND PILOT APPLIED AILERON TO BRING IT DOWN BUT WING STAYED HIGH AND ANOTHER PUSH TO THE LEFT WAS FELT. LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DIRT JUST PAST THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO GEL COAT ON LEFT WING TIP FAIRING.