# Incident 20070517016059I: Scwzer SA238B, Elmira/Corning, NY, May 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2007, 14:30 local time
- Place: Elmira/Corning, NY
- Airport: Elmira/Corning Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1599° N, 76.8917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELMIRA/CORNING RGNL (ELM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1599&lon=-76.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2101J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2101J-2013-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SA2-38B (registry code 8059002, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sa2-38b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-B17F/2 (registry code 54033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-b17f-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SA238B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070517016059I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)ON MAY 17, 2007 WHILE LANDING IN VMC CONDITIONS THIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING. AFTER THE FIRST BOUNCE ON THE RUNWAY THE PILOT PERFORMED A GO AROUND PROCEDURE. ON THE SECOND LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON ITS FIXED LANDING GEAR AND BOTH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ONTO THE BOTTOM SIDE ON THE GEAR PYLONS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE TWO PILOTS ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSIDERED MINOR AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N2101J (1)

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

- [Incident 20080520838419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080520838419I), May 20, 2008: Scwzer SA238B (N2101J), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On may 20, 2008 at approximately 1215 central daylight time (CDT, a twin engine Schweizer model SA2-38B, owned by the us department of justice, 2300…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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