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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr PITTSSPECSC1 · Grain Valley, MO · June 15, 2005

Date: June 15, 2005 · 11:00 local
Place: Grain Valley, MO
Airport: East Kansas City Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2215
Reported as: Amtr PITTSSPECSC1
Reported engine: Lycoming O235C2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,250 total1 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N2215Registration cancelled Jul 20, 2009 · Pitts Special SC-1S/N RS-001 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPitts Special SC-1 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) N2215 landed on runway 09 at Grain Valley - East Kansas City Airport (3GV), in visual conditions with light and variable winds. Pilot stated that the aircraft hit a bump during landing rollout, over the runway-number marking, which caused the aircraft to swerve to the left. The landing gear strut weld failed. The right main landing gear collapsed. The left main landing gear and tail wheel remained intact. The aircraft came to rest beside and to the left of runway 09. Incident privacy data omitted is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N2215 LANDED ON RUNWAY 09 AT GRAIN VALLEY - EAST KANSAS CITY AIRPORT (3GV), IN VISUAL CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A BUMP DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, OVER THE RUNWAY-NUMBER MARKING, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT. THE LANDING GEAR STRUT WELD FAILED. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND TAIL WHEEL REMAINED INTACT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST BESIDE AND TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 09. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED.