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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RANSS7 · Moscow, ID · June 4, 2005

Date: June 4, 2005 · 12:55 local
Place: Moscow, ID
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N521JH
Reported as: Amtr RANSS7
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total111 in this make and model0 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) N521JH, an experimental S-7 courier aircraft was damaged as the result of an off field landing in a construction site located within the Moscow, Idaho city limits. This aircraft was operated by the pilot privacy data omitted, a private pilot and owner of N521JH. The pilot privacy data omitted was accompanied by a passenger during the off-field landing. The damage to the aircraft was limited to the tricycle landing gear being sheared off of the aircraft. The Moscow, Idaho police department described the landing site as an extension of an existing road of plowed dirt located within a construction site. Witnesses to the incident reported the airplane landed very hard then bounced back into the air. The airplane then virtually stopped in mid-air and came down vertically when the landing gear damage occurred.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N521JH, AN EXPERIMENTAL S-7 COURIER AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED AS THE RESULT OF AN OFF FIELD LANDING IN A CONSTRUCTION SITE LOCATED WITHIN THE MOSCOW, IDAHO CITY LIMITS. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PRIVATE PILOT AND OWNER OF N521JH. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A PASSENGER DURING THE OFF-FIELD LANDING. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE TRICYCLE LANDING GEAR BEING SHEARED OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE MOSCOW, IDAHO POLICE DEPARTMENT DESCRIBED THE LANDING SITE AS AN EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING ROAD OF PLOWED DIRT LOCATED WITHIN A CONSTRUCTION SITE. WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT REPORTED THE AIRPLANE LANDED VERY HARD THEN BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE AIRPLANE THEN VIRTUALLY STOPPED IN MID-AIR AND CAME DOWN VERTICALLY WHEN THE LANDING GEAR DAMAGE OCCURRED.