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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Jabiru J250-SP · Plainville, CT · November 5, 2007

Date: November 5, 2007 · 12:45 local
Place: Plainville, CT
Airport: Robertson Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N605J
Reported as: Jabiru J250SP
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,065 total248 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days

N605JRegistered now · Jabiru USA Sport J250-SPS/N 442 · Built 2007 Airframe modelJabiru USA Sport J250-SP Engine modelJabiru 33004 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) On 11-05-07 during a demonstration flight, aircraft N605J, a Jabiru J250-SP light sport aircraft, landed short of runway 20 at Robertson airport (4B8). The pilot in command demonstrating the aircraft to a prospective buyer stated that on short final he lost about 60 ft. of altitude very quickly and flared the aircraft about 8 ft. short of the runway. The main landing gear wheels contacted the lip of runway shearing both wheel fairings. The nose wheel settled down about 80 ft. past the end of the runway also shearing the nose wheel fairing causing loss of steering control. The aircraft veered off to the right hand side of the runway coming to a stop in soft sand. This action resulted in the shearing of one propeller blade, shearing of the propeller spinner, scratches to both main landing gear struts and a 2 degree bending of the nose gear strut.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 11-05-07 DURING A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT N605J, A JABIRU J250-SP LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 20 AT ROBERTSON AIRPORT (4B8). THE PILOT IN COMMAND DEMONSTRATING THE AIRCRAFT TO A PROSPECTIVE BUYER STATED THAT ON SHORT FINAL HE LOST ABOUT 60 FT. OF ALTITUDE VERY QUICKLY AND FLARED THE AIRCRAFT ABOUT 8 FT. SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS CONTACTED THE LIP OF RUNWAY SHEARING BOTH WHEEL FAIRINGS. THE NOSE WHEEL SETTLED DOWN ABOUT 80 FT. PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY ALSO SHEARING THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP IN SOFT SAND. THIS ACTION RESULTED IN THE SHEARING OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE, SHEARING OF THE PROPELLER SPINNER, SCRATCHES TO BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS AND A 2 DEGREE BENDING OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT.