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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Remos REMOSG3600 · Bentonville, AR · May 22, 2008

Date
May 22, 2008 · 18:30 local
Place
Bentonville, AR
Airport
Bentonville Municipal/Louise M Thad
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N474SW
Reported as
Remos REMOSG3600
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,133 total24 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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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 may 22, 2008, while providing flight instruction in a Remos G-3/600, N474SW, the airplane, while attempting a landing, touched down in a severe 'crab" due to crosswinds. The left main landing gear folded under the fuselage, causing further, slight damage to the left wing tip, propeller, and left aileron. The commercial pilot/flight instructor and student were not injured and the airplane sustained minor damage. The aircraft was being operated by summit aviation, LLC, under 14 CFR part 91 when the incident occurred. The flight originated at Bentonville, Arkansas, and was being operated at the Bentonville municipal airport, conducting practice landings. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not filed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 22, 2008, WHILE PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN A REMOS G-3/600, N474SW, THE AIRPLANE, WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING, TOUCHED DOWN IN A SEVERE 'CRAB" DUE TO CROSSWINDS. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE, CAUSING FURTHER, SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, PROPELLER, AND LEFT AILERON. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY SUMMIT AVIATION, LLC, UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, AND WAS BEING OPERATED AT THE BENTONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CONDUCTING PRACTICE LANDINGS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.