20230113001099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1C-180 · El Paso, TX · January 13, 2023

Date
January 13, 2023 · 16:05 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N52LL
Reported as
Aviat A-1C-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
530 total85 in this make and model75 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.

On January 19, 2023, at approximately 1605 MST, an Aviat A-1C-180 fixed-wing single-engine aircraft, privacy data omitted, was involved in an incident at the El Paso, TX, international airport, kelp. During the landing rollout on rwy 26R, the aircraft began veering to the left of the runway and tipped over onto the nose causing a propellor strike. The purpose of the flight was a personal VFR cross-country sight-seeing trip. No FAA flight plan was filed. The flight originated in phoenix, AZ, earlier in the day. The aircraft incurred minor damage during the resulting propellor strike. The pilot, an FAA commercial-rated pilot and certified flight instructor in airplanes, stated he began correcting to the right as the aircraft veered to the left in a strong gusty crosswind and that he accidently applied toe-brakes and tipped over onto the nose of the aircraft striking the runway with the propellor. The pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 19, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1605 MST, AN AVIAT A-1C-180 FIXED-WING SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT THE EL PASO, TX, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KELP. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON RWY 26R, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND TIPPED OVER ONTO THE NOSE CAUSING A PROPELLOR STRIKE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS A PERSONAL VFR CROSS-COUNTRY SIGHT-SEEING TRIP. NO FAA FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN PHOENIX, AZ, EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE RESULTING PROPELLOR STRIKE. THE PILOT, AN FAA COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN AIRPLANES, STATED HE BEGAN CORRECTING TO THE RIGHT AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT IN A STRONG GUSTY CROSSWIND AND THAT HE ACCIDENTLY APPLIED TOE-BRAKES AND TIPPED OVER ONTO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLOR. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED.