20070206003469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raythn COBRA · Huachuca City, AZ · February 6, 2007

Date: February 6, 2007 · 13:53 local
Place: Huachuca City, AZ
Airport: Whetstone
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N602RN
Reported as: Raythn Cobra
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,619 total5 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N602RNRegistration cancelled Aug 18, 2009 · Raytheon COBRAS/N 002 · Built 2006 Airframe modelRaytheon COBRA Engine modelDesert ACF DA-1504 cycle

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) On February 06, 2007, at 1353 mountain standard time, N602RN, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made a hard landing at the Whetstone Airport south of benson, Arizona. The aircraft was being operated under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The pilot in command (PIC), who is an internal pilot at the ground control station said the aircraft was handed off to the external pilot who made a hard landing which caused the aircraft to sustain minor damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 06, 2007, AT 1353 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, N602RN, AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE WHETSTONE AIRPORT SOUTH OF BENSON, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), WHO IS AN INTERNAL PILOT AT THE GROUND CONTROL STATION SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANDED OFF TO THE EXTERNAL PILOT WHO MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SUSTAIN MINOR DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

Other reports on N602RN · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20080924857049ACruise/Level Flight · Whetstone, AZ(-23) On September 24, 2008, at 0841 MST, an experimental Raytheon Cobra, unmanned aircraft system (UAS), N602N, was substantially damaged when it lost engine power and subsequently impacted in desert terrain. The aircraft was registered to and operated by…Sep 24, 2008 · Substantial damage