# Incident 20240716015499I: Piper PA-16, Eau Claire, WI, July 16, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2024, 09:30 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Airport: Chippewa Valley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8658° N, 91.4843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL (EAU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8658&lon=-91.4843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4473Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4473Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-16
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,880 total, 1,185 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240716015499I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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