# Incident 19991024030009I: Meyers MAC145, Jackson, MS, October 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1999, 12:50 local time
- Place: Jackson, MS
- Airport: Hawkins Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3348° N, 90.2225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAWKINS FLD (HKS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3348&lon=-90.2225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34375, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyers MAC-145 (registry code 5650104, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-mac-145) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERS MAC145
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,495 total, 12 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991024030009I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE FLIGHT WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF A CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR ENDORSEMENT FOR MR. BOBBITT. THIS WAS THE 5TH INSTRUCTIONAL SESSION.  DURING THIS SESSION THE CFI DEMONSTRATED ONE TAKEOFF AND LANDING, THE NEXT TAKEOFF AND LANDING WAS CONDUCTED BY MR. BOBBITT.  THE LANDING TOUCH DOWN WAS A THREE POINT LANDING.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO REALIGN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY WITHOUT SUCCESS.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, CONTINUED ONTO THE ADJOINING GRASS.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DROPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE GROUND, RESULTING IN A COLLAPSE OF THAT GEAR.  SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY ARE FROM THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE AND TAIL WHEEL TIRE.  MR. BOBBITT STATED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS STRONGER THAN THE LEFT.  THERE ARE NO BRAKES INSTALLED AT THE RIGHT PILOT STATION, WHICH WAS THE STATION OCCUPIED BY THE INSTRUCTOR.  EXAMINATION AT THE INCIDENT SITE DID NOT REVEAL ANY PRE-INCIDENT MECHANICAL FAILURES THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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