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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cndair F86EMK6 · Stuart, FL · November 9, 2003

Date: November 9, 2003 · 14:50 local
Place: Stuart, FL
Airport: Witham Field Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N186FS
Reported as: Cndair F86EMK6
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,300 total110 in this make and model

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) Mr. Shipley flew a non-aerobatic simulated strafe pass on the 1000 foot showline at the Stuart air show on Sunday nov 9, 2003, in F-86E, reg no. N186FS. His airspeed was approximately 380 KIAS. On the pull off he flew through a large pyrotechnic explosion. The nose gear door departed the aircraft and landed on the golf course just south of the airport. The aircraft was safely recovered at gwinn (pvt) airport.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. SHIPLEY FLEW A NON-AEROBATIC SIMULATED STRAFE PASS ON THE 1000 FOOT SHOWLINE AT THE STUART AIR SHOW ON SUNDAY NOV 9, 2003, IN F-86E, REG NO. N186FS. HIS AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 380 KIAS. ON THE PULL OFF HE FLEW THROUGH A LARGE PYROTECHNIC EXPLOSION. THE NOSE GEAR DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED ON THE GOLF COURSE JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFELY RECOVERED AT GWINN (PVT) AIRPORT.