What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot diverted from origianal destination fluton county airport to 44N due to high headwinds.
Pilot stated, " his approch was normal, overflew the field and determined rwy 35 was the better option with a slight crosswind right to left 90 degrees to the runway". He discribed his landing as being deliberately long but good one and threfore decided not to take the first turnoff.
The pilot also stated " from the first turn off on, the runway goes down hill, so I decided to tap my brakes to make sure they were ok. When I tapped the brakes, the right brake grabbed harder than the left, precipitating the ground loop. I attempted to correct with the right brake and rudder, but I was already too late. The ground loop fully developed causing the left landing gear to fail. Subsequently the left wing impacted the ground and crumpled and the prop tips hit the ground.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT DIVERTED FROM ORIGIANAL DESTINATION FLUTON COUNTY AIRPORT TO 44N DUE TO HIGH HEADWINDS.
PILOT STATED, " HIS APPROCH WAS NORMAL, OVERFLEW THE FIELD AND DETERMINED RWY 35 WAS THE BETTER OPTION WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND RIGHT TO LEFT 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY". HE DISCRIBED HIS LANDING AS BEING DELIBERATELY LONG BUT GOOD ONE AND THREFORE DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THE FIRST TURNOFF.
THE PILOT ALSO STATED " FROM THE FIRST TURN OFF ON, THE RUNWAY GOES DOWN HILL, SO I DECIDED TO TAP MY BRAKES TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE OK. WHEN I TAPPED THE BRAKES, THE RIGHT BRAKE GRABBED HARDER THAN THE LEFT, PRECIPITATING THE GROUND LOOP. I ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH THE RIGHT BRAKE AND RUDDER, BUT I WAS ALREADY TOO LATE. THE GROUND LOOP FULLY DEVELOPED CAUSING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR TO FAIL.SUBSEQUENTLY THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND AND CRUMPLED AND THE PROP TIPS HIT THE GROUND.
NTSB investigation
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