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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sargent William E GLASAIR 3 · Sherman, TX · July 4, 2022

Date
July 4, 2022 · 09:38 local
Place
Sherman, TX
Airport
Sherman Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N94WS
Reported as
Sargent William E Glasair 3
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total

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.

The aircraft performed a normal landing on swi runway 16 at the POH recomended approach and landing speeds of around 100 KTS over the threshold, (full flaps) with an uneventful touchdown. On the landing roll, as the aircraft slowed to below 60 to 70 KTS and braking was applied, the PIC felt the left wing lower abnormally, and attempted to hold it up as long as he could with opposite aileron input, to no avail. The aircraft veered off to the left side of the runway, as the underside of the left wingtip, left aileron and left flap contacted the runway. The leading edge of the left wing impacted a runway edge light, but the intgral fuel tank was not ruptured. The aircraft came to rest in the grassy median between taxiways c & d, pointing 90 degrees to the left of the landing direction. The uninjured pilot secured the cockpit and with the uninjured sole passenger, evacuated the aircraft and called 911.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A NORMAL LANDING ON SWI RUNWAY 16 AT THE POH RECOMENDED APPROACH AND LANDING SPEEDS OF AROUND 100 KTS OVER THE THRESHOLD, (FULL FLAPS) WITH AN UNEVENTFUL TOUCHDOWN. ON THE LANDING ROLL, AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO BELOW 60 TO 70 KTS AND BRAKING WAS APPLIED, THE PIC FELT THE LEFT WING LOWER ABNORMALLY, AND ATTEMPTED TO HOLD IT UP AS LONG AS HE COULD WITH OPPOSITE AILERON INPUT, TO NO AVAIL. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AS THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WINGTIP, LEFT AILERON AND LEFT FLAP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT, BUT THE INTGRAL FUEL TANK WAS NOT RUPTURED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASSY MEDIAN BETWEEN TAXIWAYS C & D, POINTING 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE LANDING DIRECTION. THE UNINJURED PILOT SECURED THE COCKPIT AND WITH THE UNINJURED SOLE PASSENGER, EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED 911.