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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Naval N3N-3 · Odessa, TX · June 27, 2008

Date: June 27, 2008 · 17:58 local
Place: Odessa, TX
Airport: Odessa-Schlemeyer Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N991PT
Reported as: Naval N3N3
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total11 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

N991PTRegistered now · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3S/N 2859 · Built 1938 Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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) On June 27, 2008 N991PT, on model N3N aircraft, was being flown from waco, Texas to chino, California, when the pilot of the aircraft chose the airport in Odessa, Texas (odo) as a fuel stop and landed on a closed runway. Upon landing the aircraft hit a barricade damaging the left landing gear wheel, and hit a second barricade which folded the left gear leg under the aircraft. The aircraft came to a stop on the edge of the runway. The pilot and single passenger were not injured. There was only minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 27, 2008 N991PT, ON MODEL N3N AIRCRAFT, WAS BEING FLOWN FROM WACO, TEXAS TO CHINO, CALIFORNIA, WHEN THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT CHOSE THE AIRPORT IN ODESSA, TEXAS (ODO) AS A FUEL STOP AND LANDED ON A CLOSED RUNWAY. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT HIT A BARRICADE DAMAGING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WHEEL, AND HIT A SECOND BARRICADE WHICH FOLDED THE LEFT GEAR LEG UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THERE WAS ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.