# Incident 20250423007399I: Ragle Lincoln L EUROPA, Palo Alto, CA, April 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2025, 13:32 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27EU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ragle Lincoln L EUROPA (registry code 05607SX, https://openairdocs.org/model/ragle-lincoln-l-europa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAGLE LINCOLN L EUROPA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250423007399I

## Narrative

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

WHEN FLYING FROM WVI TO PAO THE PIC LISTENED TO ATIS REPORTING CROSSWIND OF 10 GUSTING 20.

VISUAL OBSERVATION OF WINDSOCK SHOWED WIND FROM 280 DEGREES.

PIC MADE NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 30. DURING ROLLOUT THE WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO RIGH RIGHT AND THE PIC OF THE EUROPA EXPERIMENTAL TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE DRIFT. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED AND CAME TO A STOP, 10 FEET OFF THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HITTING A GOPHER HOLE AND NOSING OVER. THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE CLUTCH PREVENTED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.

THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N27EU (3)

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

- [Incident 20210301008419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210301008419I), Mar 1, 2021: Ragle Lincoln L EUROPA (N27EU), Half Moon Bay, CA, Minor damage. PIC was completing a third landing on a short approach. The PIC selected the landing gear handle to lower/extend and did not verify the gear was in the fully…
- [Incident 20040128002519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040128002519I), Jan 28, 2004: Amtr EUROPA* (N27EU), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that at the end of the landing roll, excessive braking was applied causing the propeller to briefly strike the runway causing damage to…
- [Incident 20020424016319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020424016319I), Apr 24, 2002: Amtr EUROPA* (N27EU), Chino, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Lincoln ragle and a passenger departed the Chino Airport Chino California and stayed in the pattern. Mr. Ragle stated that the Chino tower was…

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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