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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr HUGHES 1 B · Cottage Grove, OR · January 23, 2003

Date: January 23, 2003 · 13:30 local
Place: Cottage Grove, OR
Airport: Cottage Grove State Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N258Y
Reported as: Amtr HUGHES1B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,700 total57 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N258YRegistration cancelled Dec 30, 2005 · Wright James L HUGHES 1 BS/N 2 · Built 2002 Airframe modelWright James L HUGHES 1 B Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Approach to Cottage Grove airstrip, aircraft showed 3 green indicators for landing gear down and locked. When aircraft landed and weight was applied to landing gear, the right main landing gear collapsed. When the gear collapsed the prop had struck the runway surface and the right wing was skidded across the runway as the aircraft veered to the right off the runway into the grass. Damage limited to the right wing, tail wheel assembly, prop and right main gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) APPROACH TO COTTAGE GROVE AIRSTRIP, AIRCRAFT SHOWED 3 GREEN INDICATORS FOR LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. WHEN AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WEIGHT WAS APPLIED TO LANDING GEAR, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE RIGHT WING WAS SKIDDED ACROSS THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WING, TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY, PROP AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR.

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