19990408033729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stnson V77 · Howell, MI · April 8, 1999

Date
April 8, 1999 · 20:10 local
Place
Howell, MI
Airport
Livingston County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69398
Reported as
Stnson V77
Reported engine
Lycoming R68013
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,030 total80 in this make and model10 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.

(-23) Pilot experienced a wind gust during his flare, the aircraft struck a VASI light assembly with the left main gear. The gear collapsed and the prop struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST DURING HIS FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A VASI LIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.