20050704018009I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swftms GC-1B · Bridgeport, CT · July 4, 2005

Date
July 4, 2005 · 23:15 local
Place
Bridgeport, CT
Airport
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3351K
Reported as
Swftms GC1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total50 in this make and model75 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 flared high while landing runway 24, bdr. He reported problems with night depth perception on landing. Bounced and attempted go-around, impacted runway, right main collapsed. Aircraft exited left side of runway into grass.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT FLARED HIGH WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 24, BDR. HE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH NIGHT DEPTH PERCEPTION ON LANDING. BOUNCED AND ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, IMPACTED RUNWAY, RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT EXITED LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO GRASS.