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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stnson V77 · Salmon, ID · August 7, 1997

Date
August 7, 1997 · 09:35 local
Place
Salmon, ID
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69357
Reported as
Stnson V77
Reported engine
Lycoming R680B4B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total80 in this make and model50 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.

Narrative: pilot smelled and saw oil smoke then cylinder parts blew through cowling while pilot was setting up for emergency landing. Upon landing and roll out, aircraft hit a large rock and sheared off left main gear. Aircraft settled on the nose and wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT SMELLED AND SAW OIL SMOKE THEN CYLINDER PARTS BLEW THROUGH COWLING WHILE PILOT WAS SETTING UP FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. UPON LANDING AND ROLL OUT, AIRCRAFT HIT A LARGE ROCK AND SHEARED OFF LEFT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE NOSE AND WING TIP.