# Accident 20250429013949A: Robert James Heckel JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER, April 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2025, 10:23 local time
- Airport: Cherokee County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7770J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7770J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robert James Heckel JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER (registry code 05642XJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/robert-james-heckel-just-acft-highlander) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Yamaha SIDEWINDER (registry code 80002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/yamaha-sidewinder) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBERT JAMES HECKEL JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER
- Reported engine: YAMAHA SIDEWINDER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 4 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250429013949A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND GUST WHILE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT GOING INVERTED AND LANDING INVERTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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