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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr REBEL · International F, MN · January 14, 2006

Date: January 14, 2006 · 11:00 local
Place: International F, MN
Airport: Falls International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N30702
Reported as: Amtr Rebel
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 129 total18 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N30702Registered now · Mittelstadt R/Mittelstadt G REBELS/N R206 · Built 1992 Airframe modelMittelstadt R/Mittelstadt G REBEL Engine modelSubaru ALL MDLS A/B4 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) Aircraft N30702 landed in international Falls, MN (kinl) adjacent to runway 22 which is allowed for aircraft landing with snow ski landing gear. The aircraft landed slightly long. The perpendicular runway 13/31 taxiway had been plowed for snow creating a one to two foot high bank. Due to warm weather the snow bank had melted and re-froze making the bank hard. The aircraft hit the bank traveling about 20-25 mph. The right ski tip hit the snow bank, embedding itself into the bank causing the right gear to give way and also causing the aircraft to tip forward resulting in one of the propeller blades to strike the taxiway and bending it.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT N30702 LANDED IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN (KINL) ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 22 WHICH IS ALLOWED FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING WITH SNOW SKI LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SLIGHTLY LONG. THE PERPENDICULAR RUNWAY 13/31 TAXIWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED FOR SNOW CREATING A ONE TO TWO FOOT HIGH BANK. DUE TO WARM WEATHER THE SNOW BANK HAD MELTED AND RE-FROZE MAKING THE BANK HARD. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE BANK TRAVELING ABOUT 20-25 MPH. THE RIGHT SKI TIP HIT THE SNOW BANK, EMBEDDING ITSELF INTO THE BANK CAUSING THE RIGHT GEAR TO GIVE WAY AND ALSO CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP FORWARD RESULTING IN ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES TO STRIKE THE TAXIWAY AND BENDING IT.