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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Fantar ALLEGRO 2000 · Burlington, NC · April 10, 2008

Date
April 10, 2008
Place
Burlington, NC
Airport
Burlington-Alamance Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N50631
Reported as
Fantar ALLEGRO2000
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
85 total85 in this make and model19 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) Arrived at the Burlington airport at approximately 1430 local time. Aircraft was parked on the FAR northeast corner of the ramp and tied down. The left wing was resting on a tire supplied by the FBO. Extensive damage was noted and documented on the outboard section of the left wing as well as the aileron. The left main landing gear was broken but was being held on by a strap extending to the opposite gear leg. No obvious damage noted along the mostly composite fuselage. There was noticeable skin wrinkling on the bottom of the rudder surface probably caused by ground contact. Right main gear leg was cracked down the length of the leg and was documented. No obvious damage on the right wing. The nose gear leg seemed to be bent forward. Did not remove cowl to verify this, but the wheel fairing on the nose was severely cracked indicating a hard contact of some kind. No discrepancies noted in the cockpit other than the fact that the seats were not attached to anything and had no means of attachment to the airplane, I.e. brackets, straps, etc. An airworthiness and registration certificate were found in the cockpit, though not visible to crew or passengers. A time sheet for the aircraft was found indicating a name that appears to be the pilot privacy data omitted with no ending time for the flight. Note that the time sheet also lists "tw" flights indicating traffic watch flights for hire in violation of this aircraft's operating limitations as well as regulations. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ARRIVED AT THE BURLINGTON AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE RAMP AND TIED DOWN. THE LEFT WING WAS RESTING ON A TIRE SUPPLIED BY THE FBO. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND DOCUMENTED ON THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE LEFT WING AS WELL AS THE AILERON. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN BUT WAS BEING HELD ON BY A STRAP EXTENDING TO THE OPPOSITE GEAR LEG. NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE NOTED ALONG THE MOSTLY COMPOSITE FUSELAGE. THERE WAS NOTICEABLE SKIN WRINKLING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RUDDER SURFACE PROBABLY CAUSED BY GROUND CONTACT. RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG WAS CRACKED DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE LEG AND WAS DOCUMENTED. NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT WING. THE NOSE GEAR LEG SEEMED TO BE BENT FORWARD. DID NOT REMOVE COWL TO VERIFY THIS, BUT THE WHEEL FAIRING ON THE NOSE WAS SEVERELY CRACKED INDICATING A HARD CONTACT OF SOME KIND. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED IN THE COCKPIT OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE SEATS WERE NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING AND HAD NO MEANS OF ATTACHMENT TO THE AIRPLANE, I.E. BRACKETS, STRAPS, ETC. AN AIRWORTHINESS AND REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE WERE FOUND IN THE COCKPIT, THOUGH NOT VISIBLE TO CREW OR PASSENGERS. A TIME SHEET FOR THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND INDICATING A NAME THAT APPEARS TO BE THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH NO ENDING TIME FOR THE FLIGHT. NOTE THAT THE TIME SHEET ALSO LISTS "TW" FLIGHTS INDICATING TRAFFIC WATCH FLIGHTS FOR HIRE IN VIOLATION OF THIS AIRCRAFT'S OPERATING LIMITATIONS AS WELL AS REGULATIONS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^