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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35 · Sturgis, MI · August 7, 2000

Date
August 7, 2000 · 15:30 local
Place
Sturgis, MI
Airport
Kirsch Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5905S
Reported as
Beech V35
Reported engine
Continental IO550*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total4,000 in this make and model5 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)Aircraft was coming in for a landing and hit a trailer that was being pulled by a truck. A/c lost the left landing gear. Pilot managed to land on the run way and veered off into the grass. Minor damage to the a/c and no one was injured. Pilot was the only occupant onboard the a/c.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS COMING IN FOR A LANDING AND HIT A TRAILER THAT WAS BEING PULLED BY A TRUCK. A/C LOST THE LEFT LANDING GEAR. PILOT MANAGED TO LAND ON THE RUN WAY AND VEERED OFF INTO THE GRASS. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE A/C AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT ONBOARD THE A/C.