20051008023609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swftms GC-1B · Knoxville, IA · October 8, 2005

Date
October 8, 2005 · 15:40 local
Place
Knoxville, IA
Airport
Knoxville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N90356
Reported as
Swftms GC1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,350 total12 in this make and model12 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) On landing roll out right main landing gear collapsed causing the aircraft to veer right, and off the runway. The right wing tip encountered a rise in the terrain which spun the aircraft tail approximately 180 degrees to the left, causing the left main landing gear to collapse due to stress. Aircraft came to rest approximately 40 feet from the edge of runway 15.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON LANDING ROLL OUT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT, AND OFF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WING TIP ENCOUNTERED A RISE IN THE TERRAIN WHICH SPUN THE AIRCRAFT TAIL APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE DUE TO STRESS. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 15.