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FAA accident report · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 · Riverside, CA · September 20, 2022

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Date
September 20, 2022 · 14:10 local
Place
Riverside, CA
Airport
Riverside Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N44821
Reported as
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
Reported engine
Lycoming R680E3B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
680 total20 in this make and model
N44821Registered now · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3S/N 4488 · Built 1942Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3Engine modelLycoming R680E3BReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On September 20, 2022, the aircraft privacy data omitted, N3N-3, on landing runway 27 Riverside airport (ral), veered off to the south side of the runway and went into the grass area between the runway and the taxi way. The plane hit the runway marking and came to stop. The pilot stated wind gust and caused the right wing got lifted and pushed the plane to left. The pilot was able to taxi on to the taxiway alpha and continued to its hangar without any further incident. Airport ops reported no FOD located runway. No gust nor significant weather was reported for the time of incident. The pilot was sole occupant, and no injury was reported.

Inspectors from Riverside FSDO contacted the pilot and visited the hangar to investigate the damage. The aircraft has obvious damage to the fabric on the underside of the right wing in two places. Each hole measures approximately 12 inches long. Inside the inboard hole in the skin, damage can be seen to the rib and spar forward of the inboard flap. Several rivets on the bottom have sheared and separated the rib from the spar, there is torn metal and it could not be determined if there is any bending or further structural damage. At initial look, damage appears minor.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, N3N-3, ON LANDING RUNWAY 27 RIVERSIDE AIRPORT (RAL), VEERED OFF TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXI WAY. THE PLANE HIT THE RUNWAY MARKING AND CAME TO STOP. THE PILOT STATED WIND GUST AND CAUSED THE RIGHT WING GOT LIFTED AND PUSHED THE PLANE TO LEFT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI ON TO THE TAXIWAY ALPHA AND CONTINUED TO ITS HANGAR WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. AIRPORT OPS REPORTED NO FOD LOCATED RUNWAY. NO GUST NOR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS REPORTED FOR THE TIME OF INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT, AND NO INJURY WAS REPORTED.

INSPECTORS FROM RIVERSIDE FSDO CONTACTED THE PILOT AND VISITED THE HANGAR TO INVESTIGATE THE DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT HAS OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE FABRIC ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING IN TWO PLACES. EACH HOLE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES LONG. INSIDE THE INBOARD HOLE IN THE SKIN, DAMAGE CAN BE SEEN TO THE RIB AND SPAR FORWARD OF THE INBOARD FLAP. SEVERAL RIVETS ON THE BOTTOM HAVE SHEARED AND SEPARATED THE RIB FROM THE SPAR, THERE IS TORN METAL AND IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF THERE IS ANY BENDING OR FURTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. AT INITIAL LOOK, DAMAGE APPEARS MINOR.