# Incident 20220728013539I: American Legend Aircraft Co AL3C-100, Midland, MI, July 28, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2022, 15:30 local time
- Place: Midland, MI
- Airport: Jack Barstow
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6629° N, 84.2613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACK BARSTOW (IKW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6629&lon=-84.2613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3737G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3737G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Legend AL3C-100 (registry code 0600009, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-legend-al3c-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL3C-100
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,853 total, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220728013539I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/28/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 EDT, AN AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT COMPANY MODEL AL3C-100 LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A GROUND LOOP AFTER THE LANDING ROLLOUT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON FLIGHT OF 7/28/2022. THE WEATHER AT THE MIDLAND, MI AIRPORT (IKW) WAS REPORTING WINDS FROM 270 AT 14 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 23 MPH. DURING THE LANDING AT IKW THE PILOT STATED HE NOTICED STRONG GUSTS OF WIND DURING THE APPROACH OF RUNWAY 24. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE PILOT STATED AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A GROUND LOOP. THE PILOT STATED THE GROUND LOOP AND AIRCRAFT MOTION BEGAN TO SUBSIDE AND STATED, ?A SUSTAINED, GUSTING WIND OF ABOVE 24 KNOTS LIFTED MY TAIL. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY TEETERED NOSE DOWNWARD.?

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS AS FOLLOWS: MINOR ENGINE DAMAGE, MINOR ENGINE COWL DAMAGE, PROPELLER DAMAGE, AND PROPELLER SPINNER WAS COLLAPSED.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED FROM THE RUNWAY TO HANGARS LOCATED ON THE AIRFIELD. A LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECTED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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