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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV · Livermore, CA · April 30, 2022

Date
April 30, 2022 · 14:00 local
Place
Livermore, CA
Airport
Livermore Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N77398
Reported as
Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MK IV
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
428 total32 in this make and model25 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.

Aircraft landed rwy 25R and upon rollout just as the tail wheel touched down a gust of wind lifted the right wing and the aircraft ground-looped. The aircraft went off the edge of the runway just a few feet beforetaxiway delta, where it then ran over the taxiway delta sign. The aircraftstopped on taxiway alpha, facing east.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED RWY 25R AND UPON ROLLOUT JUST AS THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY JUST A FEW FEET BEFORETAXIWAY DELTA, WHERE IT THEN RAN OVER THE TAXIWAY DELTA SIGN. THE AIRCRAFTSTOPPED ON TAXIWAY ALPHA, FACING EAST.