20081218853699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pzlwsk PZL130TORLIK · Colorado Sprin, CO · December 18, 2008

Date
December 18, 2008 · 12:28 local
Place
Colorado Sprin, CO
Airport
City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N450KM
Reported as
Pzlwsk PZL130TORLIK
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total32 in this make and model32 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.

On December 18, 2008, 1228 hours, an orlik PZL-130T, N450KM, prepared for landing at Colorado srings, Colorado. The pilot privacy data omitted reported a water bottle detached from its storage location, and lodged in the rear cockpit left rudder pedal. Aircraft touch down was in the left half of the runway to allow for the expected right turning of the aircraft. The aircraft entered the west side of the runway striking a sign with the left wing tip causing minor damage. Runway conditions were dry. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 18, 2008, 1228 HOURS, AN ORLIK PZL-130T, N450KM, PREPARED FOR LANDING AT COLORADO SRINGS, COLORADO. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED A WATER BOTTLE DETACHED FROM ITS STORAGE LOCATION, AND LODGED IN THE REAR COCKPIT LEFT RUDDER PEDAL. AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN WAS IN THE LEFT HALF OF THE RUNWAY TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPECTED RIGHT TURNING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A SIGN WITH THE LEFT WING TIP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE DRY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.