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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GLASAIR III · Mesa, AZ · April 6, 2006

Date: April 6, 2006 · 09:30 local
Place: Mesa, AZ
Airport: Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N251WH
Reported as: Amtr Glasairiii
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540K1H5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total25 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N251WHRegistered now · Hightower William A GLASAIR IIIS/N 3251 · Built 1994 Airframe modelHightower William A GLASAIR III Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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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 had just taken delivery of N251WH and was making a normal landing at ffz when, at the point of touchdown, the aircraft appeared to settle lower than usual. The pilot immediately applied full power and went around the pattern again. After receiving ffz tower confirmation of the landing gear(s) being down, the pilot landed uneventfully. Upon further inspection of the aircraft after shutdown, the pilot noticed that both propeller blade tips had contacted the runway and curled rearward evenly on both blade tips. A radio antenna on the bottom of the forward fuselage also had scrape marks. The pilot had also mentioned to ffz tower that he had noticed that the low voltage warning light had illuminated. There were no injuries or post event fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT HAD JUST TAKEN DELIVERY OF N251WH AND WAS MAKING A NORMAL LANDING AT FFZ WHEN, AT THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO SETTLE LOWER THAN USUAL. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER AND WENT AROUND THE PATTERN AGAIN. AFTER RECEIVING FFZ TOWER CONFIRMATION OF THE LANDING GEAR(S) BEING DOWN, THE PILOT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER SHUTDOWN, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT BOTH PROPELLER BLADE TIPS HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND CURLED REARWARD EVENLY ON BOTH BLADE TIPS. A RADIO ANTENNA ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE ALSO HAD SCRAPE MARKS. THE PILOT HAD ALSO MENTIONED TO FFZ TOWER THAT HE HAD NOTICED THAT THE LOW VOLTAGE WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR POST EVENT FIRE.