20210403004959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1C-200 · Minden, NV · April 3, 2021

Date
April 3, 2021 · 12:30 local
Place
Minden, NV
Airport
Minden-Tahoe
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13SN
Reported as
Aviat A-1C-200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1D6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total41 in this make and model4 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.

During rollout and during the 9th landing of the day, a gust of wind lifted the left wing veering the aircraft to the left. A full deflection of the flight controls did not correct the yaw and the aircraft ground looped. The right main landing gear collapsed when the aircraft departed the pavement and nosed into the soft dirt also damaging the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

DURING ROLLOUT AND DURING THE 9TH LANDING OF THE DAY, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING VEERING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. A FULL DEFLECTION OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS DID NOT CORRECT THE YAW AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVEMENT AND NOSED INTO THE SOFT DIRT ALSO DAMAGING THE PROPELLER.