# Incident 20240609005719I: Fairchild 24R-46, Bridgeport, CT, June 9, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2024, 14:10 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81348, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81348) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild 24R-46 (registry code 3370514, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24r-46) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 24R-46
- Reported engine: FAIRCHILD 6-440 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,156 total, 46 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240609005719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDING RNY 29 WITH ATIS (V) REPORTING WINDS OUT OF 300 AT 11KTS, GUSTS TO 21KTS.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND ENCOUNTERED A STRONG CROSSWIND GUST BRIEFLY FORCING THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIR AND INDUCING A YAW THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP UPON TOUCHING DOWN A SECOND TIME. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LH MAIN WHEEL, THE LH MAIN WHEEL BRAKE, THE LH WING TIP, AND THE HORIZONTAL STABALIZER TIP. 1 PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES. MINOR DAMAGE ONLY.

## Other reports on N81348 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850127067509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850127067509A), Jan 27, 1985: Frchld 24R46 (N81348), Lakeway, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered on rollout after 3 point landing. Right main gear collapsed as aircraft turned back onto runway.

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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