# Accident 20220920019729A: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, Riverside, CA, September 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2022, 14:10 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44821, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680E3B (registry code 42025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680e3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3
- Reported engine: LYCOMING R680E3B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 20 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220920019729A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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