33.9748° N, 117.6365° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 11, 1998 · 08:15 local
Place
Chino, CA
Airport
Chino Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N313DR
Reported as
Bac MK3A
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
122 total10 in this make and model
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.
This was the first flight of a newly constructed airplane. The pilot was properly certificated. The airplane was properly certificated and airworthy. The pilot executed his landing flare too high and the airplane landed hard collapsing the main landing gear.
As the FAA filed it
THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AIRPLANE. THE PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED. THE AIRPLANE WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND AIRWORTHY. THE PILOT EXECUTED HIS LANDING FLARE TOO HIGH AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD COLLAPSING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.