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FAA incident report · Tmpson NAVION A · Davis, CA · May 19, 2007

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Date
May 19, 2007 · 12:56 local
Place
Davis, CA
Airport
University Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8897H
Reported as
Tmpson Naviona
Reported engine
Continental E185*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total152 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days
N8897HRegistered now · Navion NAVION AS/N NAV-4-897 · Built 1947Airframe modelNavion NAVION AEngine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft N8897H piloted by privacy data omitted was practicing landings at the uc Davis airport on 5/19/07. At approximately 12:56 hrs PDT, the aircraft landed and the aircraft veered off runway 34R and stopped approximately 60 feet from runway centerline to the east of the runway. The uc Davis police dept responded to the scene and found the aircraft resting on its lower belly with all gear retracted. The reporting officer found that the landing gear handle was in the "up" position. The propeller blades were bent. The officer found no divots in the runway asphalt but found a long thin groove in the runway that is consistent with the keel beam skid structure. Upon FAA investigation, it was noted that all propeller blades were bent and appear to have hit dirt surface. The flaps were down and extended below the belly plane. They had dirt marks but no asphalt scratches. An antenna on the belly that was below the skid step plane was bent by earth contact and showed no signs of asphalt contact. The skid step at the belly centerline had a smooth surface and had presence of dirt. There were no scratches on the step surface consistent with asphalt contact.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT N8897H PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT THE UC DAVIS AIRPORT ON 5/19/07. AT APPROXIMATELY 12:56 HRS PDT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 34R AND STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET FROM RUNWAY CENTERLINE TO THE EAST OF THE RUNWAY. THE UC DAVIS POLICE DEPT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON ITS LOWER BELLY WITH ALL GEAR RETRACTED. THE REPORTING OFFICER FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE "UP" POSITION. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT. THE OFFICER FOUND NO DIVOTS IN THE RUNWAY ASPHALT BUT FOUND A LONG THIN GROOVE IN THE RUNWAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE KEEL BEAM SKID STRUCTURE. UPON FAA INVESTIGATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT ALL PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AND APPEAR TO HAVE HIT DIRT SURFACE. THE FLAPS WERE DOWN AND EXTENDED BELOW THE BELLY PLANE. THEY HAD DIRT MARKS BUT NO ASPHALT SCRATCHES. AN ANTENNA ON THE BELLY THAT WAS BELOW THE SKID STEP PLANE WAS BENT BY EARTH CONTACT AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ASPHALT CONTACT. THE SKID STEP AT THE BELLY CENTERLINE HAD A SMOOTH SURFACE AND HAD PRESENCE OF DIRT. THERE WERE NO SCRATCHES ON THE STEP SURFACE CONSISTENT WITH ASPHALT CONTACT.