19890114000579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson Naviona · El Centro, CA · January 14, 1989

Date
January 14, 1989 · 17:12 local
Place
El Centro, CA
Airport
Douthitt Strip Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N595R
Reported as
Tmpson Naviona
Reported engine
Continental E1853
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total1,000 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Encountered small thermal on landing on muddy strip. Had rapid sink rate. Hit a pipe with right gear. It collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED SMALL THERMAL ON LANDING ON MUDDY STRIP. HAD RAPID SINK RATE. HIT A PIPE WITH RIGHT GEAR. IT COLLAPSED.

Other reports on N595R · 2

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