# Incident 20210723011399I: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1C-180, Franklin, PA, July 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2021, 13:00 local time
- Place: Franklin, PA
- Airport: Venago Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3830° N, 79.8321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3830&lon=-79.8321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1C-180 (registry code 2210410, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1c-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1P (registry code 42259, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1C-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 48 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210723011399I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN SENT THIS NARRATIVE: .  "I WAS IN A FLIGHT OF 5 HUSKYS, I WAS #2.  THE CONDITIONS WERE GOOD, BUT FOR A ?VARIABLE? WIND.  HOWEVER, THE WIND WAS ONLY ABOUT 3-5 KTS.  AS I WAS ON FINAL APPROACH, A PLANE ON THE GROUND WAITING TO TAKE OFF SAID OVER THE RADIO ?I WILL TAKE A VIDEO OF YOUR LANDING? WHICH UPSET MY CONCENTRATION.  I GOT BACK INTO THE LANDING GROOVE AND ON ROUNDOUT I COULD FEEL THE WIND PUSHING ME A BIT, BUT NOT ANY MORE THAN I HAVE FELT BEFORE DURING TRAINING.  I ADDED A LITTLE THROTTLE TO EXTEND THE ROUNDOUT.  I PULLED THE STICK BACK AND LANDED HIGH.  UPON A HARD LANDING, MY HAND PUSHED THE THROTTLE BY ACCIDENT ? PUSHING THE PLANE FARTHER LEFT IN AN INSTANT AND AT THAT POINT THE GROUND LOOP WAS UNRECOVERABLE.?

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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