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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Namer P51D · Springfield, IL · October 11, 2003

Date: October 11, 2003 · 15:35 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N151TH
Reported as: Namer P51D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total20 in this make and model20 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) privacy data omitted - the pilot landed on runway 18 at Springfield Capital Airport. The pilot made a wheel landing and lost longitudinal control of the aircraft as the tail descended to the runway surface. The aircraft departed the right side of the runway and the left flap contacted a runway signcausing minor damage to the aircraft. The pilot, and sole occupant, sustained no injuries during this event. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ - THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT SPRINGFIELD CAPITAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT MADE A WHEEL LANDING AND LOST LONGITUDINAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS THE TAIL DESCENDED TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT FLAP CONTACTED A RUNWAY SIGNCAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, AND SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES DURING THIS EVENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.