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Date
January 26, 2003 · 11:45 local
Place
Carlsbad, CA
Airport
Mcclellan-Palomar
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5546A
Reported as
Socata TB20TRINIDAD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
256 total24 in this make and model47 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) Loss of directional control during landing at Carlsbad Mcclellan-Palomar Airport. Upon touch down, the aircraft porpoised 2 to 3 times, striking and bending the propeller blades. The aircraft veered left and clipped a runway sign with the left flap, finally exiting the runway onto taxiway A4.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING AT CARLSBAD MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR AIRPORT. UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED 2 TO 3 TIMES, STRIKING AND BENDING THE PROPELLER BLADES. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND CLIPPED A RUNWAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT FLAP, FINALLY EXITING THE RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY A4.