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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1B · Coeur D Alene, ID · May 17, 2023

Date: May 17, 2023 · 19:30 local
Place: Coeur D Alene, ID
Airport: Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyingto
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N21HY
Reported as: Aviat A-1B
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 314 total22 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N21HYRegistered now · Aviat A-1BS/N 2002 · Built 1998 Airframe modelAviat A-1B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

This flight was part of a ferry flight for personal use. The pilot was flying with an instructor and landed at spokane felts field prior to flying to Coeur D'Alene (kcoe). The pilot had flown with this instructor for approximately 22 hours and the incident flight was his first without the instructor. Prior to this landing the pilot had been landing on grass runways. The pilot stated that he had the pitch control set to a 3-point landing attitude but may have had more space available to bring the control stick back further. On runway 24 at kcoe, the pilot stated that the wheels gripped the runway well, and that it was possible that he did not have adequate rudder inputs, resulting in a ground loop with a wingtip and aileron strike.

As the FAA filed it

THIS FLIGHT WAS PART OF A FERRY FLIGHT FOR PERSONAL USE. THE PILOT WAS FLYING WITH AN INSTRUCTOR AND LANDED AT SPOKANE FELTS FIELD PRIOR TO FLYING TO COEUR D'ALENE (KCOE). THE PILOT HAD FLOWN WITH THIS INSTRUCTOR FOR APPROXIMATELY 22 HOURS AND THE INCIDENT FLIGHT WAS HIS FIRST WITHOUT THE INSTRUCTOR. PRIOR TO THIS LANDING THE PILOT HAD BEEN LANDING ON GRASS RUNWAYS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD THE PITCH CONTROL SET TO A 3-POINT LANDING ATTITUDE BUT MAY HAVE HAD MORE SPACE AVAILABLE TO BRING THE CONTROL STICK BACK FURTHER. ON RUNWAY 24 AT KCOE, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WHEELS GRIPPED THE RUNWAY WELL, AND THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE RUDDER INPUTS, RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP WITH A WINGTIP AND AILERON STRIKE.