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FAA incident report · Helio H700 · Ogden, UT · September 14, 1996

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Date
September 14, 1996 · 12:30 local
Place
Ogden, UT
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N700AA
Reported as
Helio H700
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total400 in this make and model165 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Narrative: on September 14, 1996, at 12:30 pm/mst, a Helio H-700, N700AA piloted by lewis bjork, sustained minor damage when the aircraft landed on a dry lake bed. The landing was hard, as stated by the pilot. The surface was soft. The fiberglass landing gear on the right side snapped at the fuselage attachment point, and the left gear appeared to have layer separation and was weakened considerably. The three propeller tips were bent aft. A small portion under the fuselage "belly skin" was bent and wrinkled, and a small hole was punched through it. The floor boards were pulled and the tubular structure appeared to be undamaged. VFR conditions prevailed, temperature was 68 degrees, winds were se, light and variable. The ELT did not activate. There were no injuries. The pilot holds airline transport multiengine land (MEL) and single engine land (sel) pilot licenses. The flight originated from slc at 11:30 am/mst. A video of the incident was obtained and held in this office. privacy data omitted This is a final report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1996, AT 12:30 PM/MST, A HELIO H-700, N700AA PILOTED BY LEWIS BJORK, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A DRY LAKE BED. THE LANDING WAS HARD, AS STATED BY THE PILOT. THE SURFACE WAS SOFT. THE FIBERGLASS LANDING GEAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE SNAPPED AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POINT, AND THE LEFT GEAR APPEARED TO HAVE LAYER SEPARATION AND WAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. THE THREE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT AFT. A SMALL PORTION UNDER THE FUSELAGE "BELLY SKIN" WAS BENT AND WRINKLED, AND A SMALL HOLE WAS PUNCHED THROUGH IT. THE FLOOR BOARDS WERE PULLED AND THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE APPEARED TO BE UNDAMAGED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, TEMPERATURE WAS 68 DEGREES, WINDS WERE SE, LIGHT AND VARIABLE. THE ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS AIRLINE TRANSPORT MULTIENGINE LAND (MEL) AND SINGLE ENGINE LAND (SEL) PILOT LICENSES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SLC AT 11:30 AM/MST. A VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT WAS OBTAINED AND HELD IN THIS OFFICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.