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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MK 1 · Eau Claire, WI · July 22, 2006

Date
July 22, 2006 · 12:00 local
Place
Eau Claire, WI
Airport
Chippewa Valley Reg Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N203EC
Reported as
Amtr MK1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total90 in this make and model26 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) Aircraft was approaching runway 32 at eau for landing. Pilot stated that he was distracted due to the fact that he was high on the glide path. The pilot performed a forward slip to lose altitude and failed to extend the landing gear prior to landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 32 AT EAU FOR LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS HIGH ON THE GLIDE PATH. THE PILOT PERFORMED A FORWARD SLIP TO LOSE ALTITUDE AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.