# Incident 20260502003579I: Temco GC-1B, Aurora, OR, May 2, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2026, 16:24 local time
- Place: Aurora, OR
- Airport: Aurora State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2471° N, 122.7700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA STATE (UAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2471&lon=-122.7700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2457B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2457B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Temco GC-1B (registry code 9230108, https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEMCO GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260502003579I

## Narrative

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

ON 05-02-26 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A TAIL WHEEL AIRPLANE LANDED AT UAO AIRPORT AND GROUND LOOPED UPON LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE KEPT THE TAIL WHEEL OFF THE GROUND AS LONG AS HE COULD, THEN A FEW SECONDS AFTER THE TAIL TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SHARPLY TURNED TO THE LEFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY GROUND LOOPED. DURING THE GROUND LOOP BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS SNAPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPON THE BROKEN OFF STRUTS AND WHEELS.  THE SUSPECTED CAUSE WAS THE TAIL WHEEL TIRE BEING FLAT.

EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT BDN AIRPORT, THE PIC STATED THAT UPON LANDING AT BDN THE AIRCRAFT HANDLE DIFFERENTLY AT TOUCHDOWN. UPON POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE TAIL WHEEL WAS FLAT. THE PIC STATED THAT DURING HIS PRE-FLIGHT PRIOR TO FLYING TO BDN THAT THE TAIL WHEEL TIRE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION. UPON THE DISCOVERY AT BDN, THE PIC HAD THE FBO PUT AIR IN THE TIRE. AFTER AIRING THE TIRE, THE PIC STATED THAT IT SEEMED TO BE HOLDING AIR. WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN A SEEMINGLY AIRWORTHY CONDITION, THE PIC DECIDED TO RETURN TO UAO.

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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