# Incident 20090207003629I: Acftmg CH2000, Andalusia/Opp, AL, February 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Andalusia/Opp, AL
- Airport: South Alabama Regional At Bill Ben
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3084° N, 86.3922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH ALABAMA RGNL AT BILL BENTON FLD (79J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3084&lon=-86.3922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8508A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8508A-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 (registry code 0033001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-ch-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ACFTMG CH2000
- Reported engine: LYC O235N2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090207003629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON FEBRUARY 07, 2009, A STUDENT PILOT OPERATING N8508A, WAS RETURNING FROM KMVC AFTER PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT 79J ANDALUSIA, ALABAMA, PILOT STATED AS HE APPROACHED RUNWAY 11, ATIS WAS REPORTING THAT WINDS WERE CALM.  PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE LANDED, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN PULLING TO THE LEFT.  PILOT DECIDE TO PULL UP AND MAKE SECOND ATTEMPT AT LANDING.  ON SECOND LANDING, THE PILOT REPORTED THE PULLING TO THE LEFT WAS MORE PREVALENT AND THAT RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL INPUT HAD NO EFFECT.  PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED OFF THE RUNWAY TOWARD AIRPORT SIGNAGE.  PILOT ELECTED TO PULL UP AGAIN, BUT THE LANDING GEAR CLIPPED THE SIGN, SEPARATING THE LANDING GEAR FROM BENEATH THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT WAS CONTACTED BY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON GROUND AND INFORMED OF HIS SITUATION.  AIRCRAFT CIRCLED FIELD UNTIL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE IN PLACE.  PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AND EGRESSED WITH NO INJURIES.  INITIAL INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR SHOWED LEFT TIRE WAS CUT AND DEFLATED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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