20050218003819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr KITFOX III · Sacramento, CA · February 18, 2005

Date
February 18, 2005 · 17:42 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Mather Afb
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N410JB
Reported as
Amtr Kitfoxiii
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total20 in this make and model35 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) Pilot landed at Mather airport during a strong crosswind. During the roll out, one of the main gears collapsed, pilot did not know it was due to side load because of crosswind or failure of the gear. No one was hurt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LANDED AT MATHER AIRPORT DURING A STRONG CROSSWIND. DURING THE ROLL OUT, ONE OF THE MAIN GEARS COLLAPSED, PILOT DID NOT KNOW IT WAS DUE TO SIDE LOAD BECAUSE OF CROSSWIND OR FAILURE OF THE GEAR. NO ONE WAS HURT.