# Incident 20251104015919I: Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C, Somerset, PA, November 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2025, 10:40 local time
- Place: Somerset, PA
- Airport: Somerset County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0385° N, 79.0153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET COUNTY (2G9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0385&lon=-79.0153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat S-2C (registry code 8130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-s-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC S-2C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 100 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/20251104015919I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED

HE LINED UP ON RUNWAY 7. AS HE WAS ABOUT TO LAND (AT THE THRESHOLD) HE NOTICED THE WINDSOCK HAD A TAILWIND TO RUNWAY 7. HE KNEW THE WINDS WERE HIGH AND AT A HEADING OF 130 DEGREES. HE THOUGHT ABOUT GOING AROUND AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 FOR A SPLIT SECOND. HE DECIDED TO LAND ANYWAY. HE LOST CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE, INTO THE GRASS AND GROUND LOOPED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RT WHEEL PANT. RT LOWER WING OTBD LEADING AND TRAILING EDGE, RT LOWER AILERON OTBD EDGE (ABRAISIONS). PROP STRIKE IN THE MUD, MINOR ABRAISION ON THE TIPS OF THE BLADES.

## Other reports on N57BC (2)

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

- [Accident 20160212001922A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160212001922A), Feb 12, 2016: Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C (N57BC), Santa Paula, CA, Minor damage. On 02/12/2016 about 1500 the pilot, william cronick landed N57BC at szp airport. While taxiing back towards runway 22 the pilot did not see a stopped aircraft,…
- [Incident 20140601008769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140601008769I), Jun 1, 2014: Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C (N57BC), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. Lower right aileron connection bolt failed or came undone. Aileron folded vertically, bending left side bracket/hinge. Pilot landed safely.

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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