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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Daughe RIDGERUNNER3 · Anderson, IN · July 14, 2009

Date
July 14, 2009 · 10:40 local
Place
Anderson, IN
Airport
Anderson Municipal-Darlington Field
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N613MD
Reported as
Daughe RIDGERUNNER3
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
246 total4 in this make and model4 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.

During landing approach, N613MD piloted by a private pilot, stalled the airplane. It landed hard on the left main gear, breaking the bungee absober, which caused the propeller and left wing tip to contact the ground. The left wing was punctured. The propeller was broken on both sides and left landing gear bungee was broken.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING APPROACH, N613MD PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, STALLED THE AIRPLANE. IT LANDED HARD ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, BREAKING THE BUNGEE ABSOBER, WHICH CAUSED THE PROPELLER AND LEFT WING TIP TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE LEFT WING WAS PUNCTURED. THE PROPELLER WAS BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES AND LEFT LANDING GEAR BUNGEE WAS BROKEN.