20241001013389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1B · Walla Walla, WA · October 1, 2024

Date
October 1, 2024 · 14:43 local
Place
Walla Walla, WA
Airport
Walla Walla Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N250MA
Reported as
Aviat A-1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,971 total33 in this make and model148 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 as he was doing practice landings. Upon his second landing he was attempting a three point landing when the aircraft bounced upon contact with the runway, he attempted to recover from the bounce the aircraft veered off the runway to the left and began a slow ground loop. The right wingtip contacted the ground with minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED AS HE WAS DOING PRACTICE LANDINGS. UPON HIS SECOND LANDING HE WAS ATTEMPTING A THREE POINT LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, HE ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND BEGAN A SLOW GROUND LOOP. THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH MINOR DAMAGE.