20061211027109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr EUROPA XS · Mesa, AZ · December 11, 2006

Date
December 11, 2006 · 14:30 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N40SH
Reported as
Amtr Europaxs
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
297 total22 in this make and model13 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 flight originated at Falcon field, the total length of the flight was 1.9 hours. Runway 22L was the landing runway, the wind was called out as variable at 155. The approach to landing was normal, the aircraft touched down with a slight bounce, the aircraft veered and full rudder was used to attempt to straighten out. The pilot believes that he kept the brake on during the oscillation. The aircraft veered to the right and just before stopping the tail came around. As the aircraft was stopping its swing, one wingtip lowered and the tail raised, resulting in the prop blades contacting the ground. One of the carbon fiber blades shattered in two. The brake continued to be applied when the aircraft stopped in a position to the right side of the runway. The brake on this aircraft is a hand lever on the control stick.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FALCON FIELD, THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE FLIGHT WAS 1.9 HOURS. RUNWAY 22L WAS THE LANDING RUNWAY, THE WIND WAS CALLED OUT AS VARIABLE AT 155. THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS NORMAL, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH A SLIGHT BOUNCE, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED AND FULL RUDDER WAS USED TO ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. THE PILOT BELIEVES THAT HE KEPT THE BRAKE ON DURING THE OSCILLATION. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND JUST BEFORE STOPPING THE TAIL CAME AROUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPING ITS SWING, ONE WINGTIP LOWERED AND THE TAIL RAISED, RESULTING IN THE PROP BLADES CONTACTING THE GROUND. ONE OF THE CARBON FIBER BLADES SHATTERED IN TWO. THE BRAKE CONTINUED TO BE APPLIED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN A POSITION TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE BRAKE ON THIS AIRCRAFT IS A HAND LEVER ON THE CONTROL STICK.