20240716015499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-16 · Eau Claire, WI · July 16, 2024

Date
July 16, 2024 · 09:30 local
Place
Eau Claire, WI
Airport
Chippewa Valley Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4473Y
Reported as
Piper PA-16
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,880 total1,185 in this make and model30 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 stated that upon landing the aircraft. Tail caught the wind and due to the speed and the crosswind component the plane ground looped and touched the right wing on the ground. It appeared that there was no damage but was going to have a mechanic look at it. Upon inspection they found a scrape on the fabric of the wing tip and replace a bungie on the landing gear. All minor repairs.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT. TAIL CAUGHT THE WIND AND DUE TO THE SPEED AND THE CROSSWIND COMPONENT THE PLANE GROUND LOOPED AND TOUCHED THE RIGHT WING ON THE GROUND. IT APPEARED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE BUT WAS GOING TO HAVE A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT. UPON INSPECTION THEY FOUND A SCRAPE ON THE FABRIC OF THE WING TIP AND REPLACE A BUNGIE ON THE LANDING GEAR. ALL MINOR REPAIRS.