20010424012469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MONI · North Platte, NE · April 24, 2001

Date
April 24, 2001 · 09:45 local
Place
North Platte, NE
Airport
Lee Bird Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4645A
Reported as
Amtr Moni
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,860 total2 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 was landing on runway 30R with winds 260 at 10. The pilot stated that he was approximately 5 feet off the runway at about 60 mph. This speed, according to the pilot, was well above stall speed of the aircraft. The pilot is not sure whether a gust of wind caught him or the aircraft stalled, but the aircraft impacted the runway at approximately 1000 feet down the runway. The aircraft then bounced off of the runway to the north and ended up coming to rest facing approximately 130 degrees the opposite direction 1800 feet down the runway and 30 feet from the edge. Damage to the aircraft consists of: the mono gear is collapsed, the left wing tip is scuffed, the right wing tip has skin damage that extends into the 1st and 2nd spar area, and the fuselage area behind the mono gear is wrinkled. After de-paneling the aircraft areas in question, the damage to the aircraft is minor in nature. The pilot was the sole occupant and was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 30R WITH WINDS 260 AT 10. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH. THIS SPEED, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WAS WELL ABOVE STALL SPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT IS NOT SURE WHETHER A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT HIM OR THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED OFF OF THE RUNWAY TO THE NORTH AND ENDED UP COMING TO REST FACING APPROXIMATELY 130 DEGREES THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION 1800 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 30 FEET FROM THE EDGE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTS OF: THE MONO GEAR IS COLLAPSED, THE LEFT WING TIP IS SCUFFED, THE RIGHT WING TIP HAS SKIN DAMAGE THAT EXTENDS INTO THE 1ST AND 2ND SPAR AREA, AND THE FUSELAGE AREA BEHIND THE MONO GEAR IS WRINKLED. AFTER DE-PANELING THE AIRCRAFT AREAS IN QUESTION, THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS MINOR IN NATURE. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS UNINJURED.