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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rhnflu EA 300/L · Beaver Falls, PA · November 27, 2006

Date
November 27, 2006 · 16:45 local
Place
Beaver Falls, PA
Airport
Beaver County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7EX
Reported as
Rhnflu EA300L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
30,000 total190 in this make and model25 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) The pilot attempting to land the aircraft bounced on the touchdown phase. The pilot then attempted to salvage the landing and on the second touchdown the prop contacted the runway. These events ended with a ground loop in which the right and left wingtips received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE TOUCHDOWN PHASE. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING AND ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE PROP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THESE EVENTS ENDED WITH A GROUND LOOP IN WHICH THE RIGHT AND LEFT WINGTIPS RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.