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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Triplett Robert BEARHAWK · North Canton, OH · July 4, 2020

Date
July 4, 2020 · 08:30 local
Place
North Canton, OH
Airport
Akron-Canton Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N94RT
Reported as
Triplett Robert Bearhawk
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total11 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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 landing on runway 5 with a slight crosswind. Lost control upon touchdown and ground looped aircraft. Aircraft went off side of runway into grass. Right main landing gear collapsed, tail gear bent, right wing tip damged and composite propeller blade tips were broken off.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND. LOST CONTROL UPON TOUCHDOWN AND GROUND LOOPED AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO GRASS.RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, TAIL GEAR BENT, RIGHT WING TIP DAMGED AND COMPOSITE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BROKEN OFF.