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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrli Whtlighting · Binghamton, NY · February 6, 1998

Date: February 6, 1998 · 16:30 local
Place: Binghamton, NY
Airport: Edwin A Link Field-Broome Cty
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N105D
Reported as: Amtrli Whtlighting
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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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 February, 6, 1998 at 1630 EST a white lightning kit, model ram si, experimental/amateur-built aircraft, N105D, registered to john a. dramesi, nosed over into the grassy area near taxiway kilo after landing on runway 34 at the Edwin a. Link/Broome county airport, NY. The pilot stated that he was temporarily blinded by the sun, and therefore went off the taxiway into the mud, which caused the nose gear to collapse. Visual flight conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and there were no injuries. The flight originated at somerset county airport, pa at 1530 EST. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY, 6, 1998 AT 1630 EST A WHITE LIGHTNING KIT, MODEL RAM SI, EXPERIMENTAL/AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, N105D, REGISTERED TO JOHN A. DRAMESI, NOSED OVER INTO THE GRASSY AREA NEAR TAXIWAY KILO AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT THE EDWIN A. LINK/BROOME COUNTY AIRPORT, NY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY THE SUN, AND THEREFORE WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE MUD, WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT, PA AT 1530 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.