20230524006109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Chapman Jack R C AVID FLYER · Baytown, TX · May 24, 2023

Date
May 24, 2023 · 15:00 local
Place
Baytown, TX
Airport
Rwj Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N855S
Reported as
Chapman Jack R C Avid Flyer
Reported engine
ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
222 total6 in this make and model2 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.

Pilot was performing touch and go procedures. During touchdown rollout at approximately 10MPH, a crosswind overtook the aircraft. The pilot was unable to control the conventional/tailwheel gear aircraft, which was diverted approximately 60 feet to a water filled ditch adjcent to the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO PROCEDURES. DURING TOUCHDOWN ROLLOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 10MPH, A CROSSWIND OVERTOOK THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE CONVENTIONAL/TAILWHEEL GEAR AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS DIVERTED APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET TO A WATER FILLED DITCH ADJCENT TO THE RUNWAY.