19970501015019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Wthrly 201 · Birchwood, AK · May 1, 1997

Date: May 1, 1997 · 15:45 local
Place: Birchwood, AK
Airport: Birchwood
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N78198
Reported as: Wthrly 201
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,636 total443 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N78198Registered now · Pappas George 201S/N 001 · Built 1990 Airframe modelPappas George 201 Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: aircraft departed Birchwood, AK airport on a short pleasure flight. The left main gear failed to extend upon returning to the point of departure. Emergency extension procedures failed to extend the gear. The aircraft was landed on runway 01. At approximately 20 mph, the aircraft's left wing settled to the runway, and the aircraft stopped on the left side of the runway. The left gear was manually pulled from the gear well locked down, and the aircraft was towed off the runway. Damage was confined to the left wing tip and propeller. The operator determined the left tire had been over-inflated, which caused the tire to hang up in the gear well.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BIRCHWOOD, AK AIRPORT ON A SHORT PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND UPON RETURNING TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON RUNWAY 01. AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT GEAR WAS MANUALLY PULLED FROM THE GEAR WELL LOCKED DOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND PROPELLER. THE OPERATOR DETERMINED THE LEFT TIRE HAD BEEN OVER-INFLATED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO HANG UP IN THE GEAR WELL.