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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VANSRV6A · Weirsdale, FL · September 10, 2005

Date: September 10, 2005 · 14:15 local
Place: Weirsdale, FL
Airport: Love Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N795LW
Reported as: Amtr VANSRV6A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 352 total67 in this make and model5 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) The pilot reported that she made a "real hard landing" on the up-sloped turf runway at Love field (97FL), a private community airpark located in Weirsdale, FL. The pilot aborted the landing and subsequently radioed someone on the ground to determine if the nose gear had sustained damage. After an observer confirmed that the gear was damaged but still attached, the pilot and her pilot-rated passenger/husband then elected to divert to nearby leesburg airport (lee) to make an emergency landing on the paved runway there. Post-mishap examination of the vans RV6-A airplane revealed that the nose gear had been bent aft and toward the right side of the airplane. Damage was limited to the nose landing gear and propeller. No evidence of aircraft structural damage was found.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE MADE A "REAL HARD LANDING" ON THE UP-SLOPED TURF RUNWAY AT LOVE FIELD (97FL), A PRIVATE COMMUNITY AIRPARK LOCATED IN WEIRSDALE, FL. THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY RADIOED SOMEONE ON THE GROUND TO DETERMINE IF THE NOSE GEAR HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE. AFTER AN OBSERVER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS DAMAGED BUT STILL ATTACHED, THE PILOT AND HER PILOT-RATED PASSENGER/HUSBAND THEN ELECTED TO DIVERT TO NEARBY LEESBURG AIRPORT (LEE) TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE PAVED RUNWAY THERE. POST-MISHAP EXAMINATION OF THE VANS RV6-A AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD BEEN BENT AFT AND TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER. NO EVIDENCE OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND.