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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Brent Huddleston BEARHAWK MODEL B · Twin Falls, ID · February 22, 2021

Date: February 22, 2021 · 11:12 local
Place: Twin Falls, ID
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N85BH
Reported as: Brent Huddleston Bearhawk Model B
Reported engine: Lycoming O-540
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 990 total13 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N85BHRegistered now · Brent Huddleston BEARHAWK MODEL BS/N 15B-28B/29B-1531B · Built 2020 Airframe modelBrent Huddleston BEARHAWK MODEL B Engine modelLycoming O-540-E4A5Reciprocating

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What happened

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Pilot was completing the eighth landing of the day. Aircraft touched down on runway 26. Reported weather included note of 15KT crosswind. Pilot had been instructed on procedure but had not yet had chance to practice crosswind landing procedures. As aircraft slowed on roll out at approx 10KTS a wind gust from the left slightly lifted the left wing and the aircraft ground looped with the right wing tip lightly scraping the ground. Photos indicated damage was minor paint scrape 1" x 6" in length. Aircraft sustained no other damage and taxied to hangar with no assistance.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS COMPLETING THE EIGHTH LANDING OF THE DAY. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 26. REPORTED WEATHER INCLUDED NOTE OF 15KT CROSSWIND. PILOT HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED ON PROCEDURE BUT HAD NOT YET HAD CHANCE TO PRACTICE CROSSWIND LANDING PROCEDURES. AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED ON ROLL OUT AT APPROX 10KTS A WIND GUST FROM THE LEFT SLIGHTLY LIFTED THE LEFT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP LIGHTLY SCRAPING THE GROUND. PHOTOS INDICATED DAMAGE WAS MINOR PAINT SCRAPE 1" X 6" IN LENGTH. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO OTHER DAMAGE AND TAXIED TO HANGAR WITH NO ASSISTANCE.