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FAA incident report · Piwnic Midgetmustan · San Diego/El C, CA · November 10, 2008

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Date
November 10, 2008 · 13:00 local
Place
San Diego/El C, CA
Airport
Gillespie Field
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5518
Reported as
Piwnic Midgetmustan
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
498 total0 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days
N5518Registered now · Piwniczka Leo A MIDGET MUSTANGS/N 1376 · Built 2008Airframe modelPiwniczka Leo A MIDGET MUSTANGEngine modelLycoming O-320-A3BReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) This incident involves an experimental homebuilt aircraft that was on its first flight and first landing. The pilot stated that he landed the aircraft hard and that the right landing gear collapsed. The landing gear is of solid spring steel and it appears that the attachment failed. After landing, the airacraft drifted off of the runway to the right and ended up on a taxiway. No one was injured. The aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS INCIDENT INVOLVES AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT THAT WAS ON ITS FIRST FLIGHT AND FIRST LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT HARD AND THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LANDING GEAR IS OF SOLID SPRING STEEL AND IT APPEARS THAT THE ATTACHMENT FAILED. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRACRAFT DRIFTED OFF OF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND ENDED UP ON A TAXIWAY. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.