# Incident 20210911022979I: Grumman TBM-3, Hagerstown, MD, September 11, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2021, 12:00 local time
- Place: Hagerstown, MD
- Airport: Hagerstown Regional-Richard A Hens
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7085° N, 77.7265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAGERSTOWN RGNL/RICHARD A HENSON FLD (HGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7085&lon=-77.7265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40402, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman TBM-3 (registry code 3950308, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-tbm-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-2600-20 (registry code 67123, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-2600-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN TBM-3
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R-2600-20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210911022979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE OF EVENT:

ABEAM THE NUMBERS ON A RIGHT DOWN WND, THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED TO LAND.  DURING THE BASE TO FINAL TURN, AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO ~90 KT.  OVER THE NUMBERS, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DECELERATE THROUGH 75KT,  AND WAS HELD OFF FOR A PERFECT 3 POINT LANDING AT THE 1000? MARKERS.  I WAS GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTINUE TO TAXI DOWN THE RNY AND MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO RNY 20, NOW BEING USED AS A TAXI WAY.  AT WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A SLOW JOG, I CONTINUED TO TAXI ON THE ACTIVE, FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 2000? TO REACH THE INTERSECTION.  UPON ARRIVE, WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES, I RELEASED TO TAIL WHEEL LOCKING MECHANISM TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN.  HOWEVER, IMMEDIATELY UPON RELEASING THE TAIL LOC, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MAKE A SLOW RIGHT-HAND TURN.  BOTH FEET WERE STILL ON THE BRAKES, BUT I THEN FOUND THE LEFT BRAKE WAS ALL THE WAY AT ITS STOP AND GAVE NO BRAKING ACTION.  THE RATE OF ROTATION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOW STARTED TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY AND SPUN ~270 DEGREES UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP.  DURING THAT FINAL PART OF THE SWING, THAT SLING SHOT EFFECT WAS ENOUGH TO LOWER THE OUTER MOST PORTION OF THE VERY TIP OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LH WING TO TOUCH THE GROUND AND SCRAPE IT.  THERE WAS NO OTHER PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT CAME IN CONTACT.  WITH THE ENGINE STILL AT IDLE, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP.

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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