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NTSB Identification: WPR13CA364
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, August 08, 2013 in Burlington, WA
Aircraft: COMMONWEALTH 185, registration: N67045
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On August 8, 2013, about 1300 Pacific daylight time, a Commonwealth 185 Skyranger, N67045, nosed over during landing at Skagit Airport, Burlington, Washington. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The private pilot was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage to the tail and wings. The local personal flight departed Burlington about 1200. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot reported that he made a three-point landing on runway 29. During the landing roll, a wind gust picked up the left wing, which lifted the left main wheel off the ground. The left main wheel then touched down hard, and the airplane swerved aggressively to the left. The airplane departed the asphalt surface, and nosed over when it contacted the adjacent grass.
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BURLINGTON — A single-engine plane coming in for a landing at Skagit Regional Airport around 1 p.m. Thursday ended up upside down next to the runway after getting blown off-course by a crosswind, according to Chad Clark, chief of field services for the Skagit County Sheriffs.
An initial report from Glen Kirk, the Port of Skagit’s on-scene incident commander, noted the plane’s pilot was the only occupant and suffered no known injuries. The plane did not catch fire.
Sara Young, manager of projects, planning and environmental services for the port, said the pilot is a local and rents a hangar at the airport. She said the aircraft was new to this particular pilot.
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BURLINGTON, Wash. —
A single-engine small plane flipped while landing at an airport west of Burlington Thursday afternoon.
Only the pilot, who was not hurt, was aboard the plane.
Authorities said the Cessna flipped when it caught a crosswind as it was landing at the Skagit Regional Airport.
The plane appeared to have landed in a grassy area adjacent to the runway.
Video from Chopper 7 showed the plane had been righted and was being towed away.
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