20041022026619I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr DRAGONFLY · Beatrice, NE · October 22, 2004

Date: October 22, 2004 · 13:00 local
Place: Beatrice, NE
Airport: Beatrice Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N64TM
Reported as: Amtr Dragonfly
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 390 total2 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N64TMRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2013 · Mason William Brent DRAGONFLYS/N 958 · Built 1991 Airframe modelMason William Brent DRAGONFLY Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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) On October 22, 2004, at approximately 1300 CDT, mason Dragonfly, N64TM, serial number: 958, experienced a collapse of the main landing gear during touchdown at the Beatrice, Nebraska, municipal airport. The PIC reported a severe downdraft during the landing flare immediately prior to contacting runway 17. No injuries were reported by the PIC or passenger. Weather information: 1245 CDT: winds 190 gusting 27-33. 1300 CDT: winds 180 gusting 20-27. The PIC has been endorsed for the operation of tail wheel aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 22, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CDT, MASON DRAGONFLY, N64TM, SERIAL NUMBER: 958, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING TOUCHDOWN AT THE BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PIC REPORTED A SEVERE DOWNDRAFT DURING THE LANDING FLARE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO CONTACTING RUNWAY 17. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE PIC OR PASSENGER. WEATHER INFORMATION: 1245 CDT: WINDS 190 GUSTING 27-33. 1300 CDT: WINDS 180 GUSTING 20-27. THE PIC HAS BEEN ENDORSED FOR THE OPERATION OF TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N64TM · 1

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

Incident 20020722021079ILevel Off Touchdown · Oshkosh, WI(-23) On July 22, 2002 at 1831 CDT, a Dragonfly mkii, N64TM, operated by kenneth a. laughlin, at the Oshkosh airport (osh), Oshkosh, WI, flared high and landed hard on runway 27. The propeller struck the runway, one blade departed and the other was damaged.…Jul 22, 2002 · Minor damage