19971004035489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 8KCAB · Delavan, WI · October 4, 1997

Date
October 4, 1997 · 13:10 local
Place
Delavan, WI
Airport
Lake Lawn Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79AC
Reported as
Bbavia 8KCAB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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: on October 4, 1997, at 1310 CDT a Bellanca decathlon, 8KCAB, N79AC, struck the runway with the propeller while landing at Lake Lawn Airport, Delavan, Wisconsin. The private pilot received no injuries and the aircraft sustained minor damage. The aircraft was being operated as a personal flight by john kevin hurley under 14 CFR part 91 when the incident occurred. The flight originated in west chicago, IL at 1240 CDT. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The pilot stated that he encountered a left wind gust while landing on runway 360. He corrected for the wind, the left gear touched down hard and the aircraft nosed forward and the propeller struck the runway. The winds were 270 at 8 gusting to 15.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 4, 1997, AT 1310 CDT A BELLANCA DECATHLON, 8KCAB, N79AC, STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER WHILE LANDING AT LAKE LAWN AIRPORT, DELAVAN, WISCONSIN. THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT BY JOHN KEVIN HURLEY UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN WEST CHICAGO, IL AT 1240 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A LEFT WIND GUST WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 360. HE CORRECTED FOR THE WIND, THE LEFT GEAR TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED FORWARD AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE WINDS WERE 270 AT 8 GUSTING TO 15.