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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Yaklev YAK-3M · Virginia Beach, VA · July 29, 2008

Date
July 29, 2008 · 11:20 local
Place
Virginia Beach, VA
Airport
Virginia Beach
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42YK
Reported as
Yaklev YAK3M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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) During landing on runway 8 pilot landed long and did not have enough remaining runway to stop aircraft. Pilot realized teh situation and put the aircraft into an intentional ground loop preventing the aircraft from leaving the end of the runway and traveling onto a busy highway. Ground loop caused the landing gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 8 PILOT LANDED LONG AND DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH REMAINING RUNWAY TO STOP AIRCRAFT. PILOT REALIZED TEH SITUATION AND PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO AN INTENTIONAL GROUND LOOP PREVENTING THE AIRCRAFT FROM LEAVING THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND TRAVELING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. GROUND LOOP CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.