20011203035609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr JABIRU SK · Marco Island, FL · December 3, 2001

Date
December 3, 2001 · 11:15 local
Place
Marco Island, FL
Airport
Marco Island
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N30KG
Reported as
Amtr Jabirusk
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,181 total190 in this make and model9 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 departed naples (mky) runway 35 and power vibrations began. Aircraft completed right turn to crosswind leg when @ 500 ft altitude when pilot in command (PIC) attempted to right turn back to mky airport, runway 17. The pilot and passenger members indicated that an increase in throttle setting caused vibrations to become worse. Pilot completed brief VHF unicomm with mky, but was unable to return to runway. PIC decided to land at golf course north mky due to low altitude. PIC started left circling turn to land into wind on golf course. PIC avoided golfers and tree line east of golf practice area. The pilot and passenger indicated the airspeed was reduced to stall at approximately 6 to 8 feet above ground. Aircraft touched down hard on main landing gear, possible bounce. Nose landing gear collapsed and separated from bulkhead attach point lower firewall. Both wing tips hit ground hard, and damage to flaps and flap hing attach points.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NAPLES (MKY) RUNWAY 35 AND POWER VIBRATIONS BEGAN. AIRCRAFT COMPLETED RIGHT TURN TO CROSSWIND LEG WHEN @ 500 FT ALTITUDE WHEN PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) ATTEMPTED TO RIGHT TURN BACK TO MKY AIRPORT, RUNWAY 17. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER MEMBERS INDICATED THAT AN INCREASE IN THROTTLE SETTING CAUSED VIBRATIONS TO BECOME WORSE. PILOT COMPLETED BRIEF VHF UNICOMM WITH MKY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO RUNWAY. PIC DECIDED TO LAND AT GOLF COURSE NORTH MKY DUE TO LOW ALTITUDE. PIC STARTED LEFT CIRCLING TURN TO LAND INTO WIND ON GOLF COURSE. PIC AVOIDED GOLFERS AND TREE LINE EAST OF GOLF PRACTICE AREA. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER INDICATED THE AIRSPEED WAS REDUCED TO STALL AT APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE GROUND. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON MAIN LANDING GEAR, POSSIBLE BOUNCE. NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND SEPARATED FROM BULKHEAD ATTACH POINT LOWER FIREWALL. BOTH WING TIPS HIT GROUND HARD, AND DAMAGE TO FLAPS AND FLAP HING ATTACH POINTS.