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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Castellano Anthony J RV-6 · Poughkeepsie, NY · April 19, 2020

Date: April 19, 2020 · 10:59 local
Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
Airport: Hudson Valley Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N401TC
Reported as: Castellano Anthony J RV-6
Reported engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 664 total51 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N401TCRegistered now · Castellano Anthony J RV-6S/N 20279 Airframe modelCastellano Anthony J RV-6 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The wind METAR was reported as 220 degrees at 13 gusting 16KT. Aircraft on landing on runway 24 went of runways left side hitting a landing light and coming to a stop on the aircraft spinner with the aircraft tail in the air. No injuries reported. Pilot report he did not react in time to the wind gust at landing and braked too hard after hitting runway light which raised the tail stopping the aircraft on the propeller spinner with tail in the air. There was minimal damage to the aircraft on the left wing and the spinner. Aircraft was removed from the runway and towed to hanger.

As the FAA filed it

THE WIND METAR WAS REPORTED AS 220 DEGREES AT 13 GUSTING 16KT. AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 WENT OF RUNWAYS LEFT SIDE HITTING A LANDING LIGHT AND COMING TO A STOP ON THE AIRCRAFT SPINNER WITH THE AIRCRAFT TAIL IN THE AIR. NO INJURIES REPORTED. PILOT REPORT HE DID NOT REACT IN TIME TO THE WIND GUST AT LANDING AND BRAKED TOO HARD AFTER HITTING RUNWAY LIGHT WHICH RAISED THE TAIL STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE PROPELLER SPINNER WITH TAIL IN THE AIR. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LEFT WING AND THE SPINNER. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND TOWED TO HANGER.