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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr BD-4 · Carlsbad, NM · May 15, 2003

Date: May 15, 2003 · 10:15 local
Place: Carlsbad, NM
Airport: Cavern City Air Trml
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N84RL
Reported as: Amtr BD4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 750 total50 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N84RLRegistered now · Knight Roger E BD-4S/N 84 · Built 1996 Airframe modelKnight Roger E BD-4 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Winds at clovis airport were 350 degrees at 17 knots, gusting to 24. The pilot landed on runway 30 with a 50 degree crosswind from the right. The aircraft bounced and then landed hard causing the right landing gear to buckle at the fuselage attachment box. The propeller and the right wingtip was damaged after the right landing gear leg bent upward.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WINDS AT CLOVIS AIRPORT WERE 350 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 24. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 30 WITH A 50 DEGREE CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THEN LANDED HARD CAUSING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TO BUCKLE AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT BOX. THE PROPELLER AND THE RIGHT WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED AFTER THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LEG BENT UPWARD.

Other reports on N84RL · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20020220002799AKemmerer, WY(-23) During take off left main gear struck a standing snow pile to the side of the runway causing aircraft to yaw into a down wind direction accompanied by a loss of airspeed. The aircraft became uncontrollable and settled into snow pack off the runway. Left…Feb 20, 2002 · No damage