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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV8 · Yadkinville, NC · June 15, 2003

Date: June 15, 2003
Place: Yadkinville, NC
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9868K
Reported as: Amtr RV8
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360B1B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 546 total111 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) N9868K touched down smoothly at lone hickory airport (80C) (a grass strip) and began it's rollout. The pilot heard a loud pop and the aircraft drifted right. The pilot could not control the aircraft and came to rest on the right side of the runway. The pilot egressed the aircraft and saw that the right main landing gear had broke off from the fuselage mount and was approximately 50 feet behind the aircraft. The pilot was not injured in this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N9868K TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY AT LONE HICKORY AIRPORT (80C) (A GRASS STRIP) AND BEGAN IT'S ROLLOUT. THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT. THE PILOT COULD NOT CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT AND CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD BROKE OFF FROM THE FUSELAGE MOUNT AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT.