# Incident 20200409004509I: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A, Palm Coast, FL, April 9, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2020, 13:40 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Flagler Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4652° N, 81.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGLER EXEC (FIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4652&lon=-81.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71965, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71965) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A (registry code 8190120, https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85-12 (registry code 17124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SILVAIRE LUSCOMBE 8A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85-12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200409004509I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE HAD A QUARTERING RIGHT TAILWIND AND APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE TAXIWAY TOOK A GUST TO THE TAIL. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. FOLLOWING THIS SWIFT LEFT RUDDER INPUT WAS GIVEN PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT IN A GROUND LOOP ON TAXI. PILOT STATED HE TRIED IMMEDIATELY CORRECTING WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND LEFT STICK, BUT THE GROUND LOOP WAS FULLY ESTABLISHED WITH HELP OF THE WIND. THE WINGTIP NEVER TOUCHED THE GROUND. THE WING STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN, THE SPAR HAD NO DAMAGE. THE PROP NEVER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE GEAR REMAINED INTACT. THE NTSB WAS CONTACTED AND AFTER COMMUNICATING WITH THE MECHANIC THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR REPAIR. AIRCRAFT HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED.

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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