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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tlultr TL STING 2000 · Chandler, AZ · October 17, 2008

Date: October 17, 2008 · 09:33 local
Place: Chandler, AZ
Airport: Chandler Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7086R
Reported as: Tlultr TLSTING2000
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total350 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N7086RRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2009 · TL Ultralight TL STING 2000S/N 02 ST 13 · Built 2002 Airframe modelTL Ultralight TL STING 2000 Engine modelRotax SEE BOMBADIERReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)The pilot and one passenger departed Chandler airport in the light sport aircraft, model tl sting 2000. Shortly after leaving the pattern the pilot noticed a steady increase in the coolant temperature as well as a decrease in oil pressure. The pilot asked the control tower for an immediate return to the airport, which he was granted. The pilot did not declare an emergency. He made a normal approach to the active runway. Upon landing the pilot stated that he was too fast and tried to force the airplane on the ground, causing it swerve off the runway thereby breaking off the right main gear leg at the wheel axle and collapsing the nose gear. Because of the collapse of the nose gear and right main gear, the outer bottom of the right wing scraped the ground and the propeller contacted the ground. Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED CHANDLER AIRPORT IN THE LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, MODEL TL STING 2000. SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE PATTERN THE PILOT NOTICED A STEADY INCREASE IN THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE AS WELL AS A DECREASE IN OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT ASKED THE CONTROL TOWER FOR AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, WHICH HE WAS GRANTED. THE PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. UPON LANDING THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TOO FAST AND TRIED TO FORCE THE AIRPLANE ON THE GROUND, CAUSING IT SWERVE OFF THE RUNWAY THEREBY BREAKING OFF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG AT THE WHEEL AXLE AND COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. BECAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR, THE OUTER BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WING SCRAPED THE GROUND AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND. NEITHER THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURY.