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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Librty LIBERTY XL-2 · Lakeland, FL · June 3, 2008

Date
June 3, 2008 · 13:20 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Linder Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N517XL
Reported as
Librty LIBERTYXL2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
41 total27 in this make and model27 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) Student pilot performing his cross country flight landed on runway 27, loss control of aircraft and departed runway and came to a stop in the grass. Aircraft damage and runway marking indicate the right wing, left wing and prop struck runway during the course of the landing, while skidding sideway to the left, aircraft right tire marks indicated it scrapped sideways, leaving marks on runway and tire, aircraft departed runway and came to a stop just east of runway, 23/5, in the grass. Pilot stated "was landing aircraft on 27 cleared by CT. Plane was at 70 knots with 20 degree flaps. Aircraft came down on one tire and went up again, waited for plane to slow down and land when the right wing came up unexpectedly tried to steer plane and control but skidded off runway".

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT PERFORMING HIS CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27, LOSS CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND RUNWAY MARKING INDICATE THE RIGHT WING, LEFT WING AND PROP STRUCK RUNWAY DURING THE COURSE OF THE LANDING, WHILE SKIDDING SIDEWAY TO THE LEFT, AIRCRAFT RIGHT TIRE MARKS INDICATED IT SCRAPPED SIDEWAYS, LEAVING MARKS ON RUNWAY AND TIRE, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP JUST EAST OF RUNWAY, 23/5, IN THE GRASS. PILOT STATED "WAS LANDING AIRCRAFT ON 27 CLEARED BY CT. PLANE WAS AT 70 KNOTS WITH 20 DEGREE FLAPS. AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON ONE TIRE AND WENT UP AGAIN, WAITED FOR PLANE TO SLOW DOWN AND LAND WHEN THE RIGHT WING CAME UP UNEXPECTEDLY TRIED TO STEER PLANE AND CONTROL BUT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY".