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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · American Le AL11 · Falmouth, MA · March 7, 2010

Date
March 7, 2010 · 08:00 local
Place
Falmouth, MA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N16PZ
Reported as
American Le AL11
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,130 total103 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 touchdown, aircraft veered uncommanded to the right, no response from tailwheeel steering inputs, pilot elected to go-around, right wingtip struck tetrahedron during climb out. Pilot continued to destination without incident. Found damage to wingtip and called incident airport manager in regards to damage to tetrahedron.

As the FAA filed it

ON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT VEERED UNCOMMANDED TO THE RIGHT, NO RESPONSE FROM TAILWHEEEL STEERING INPUTS, PILOT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND, RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK TETRAHEDRON DURING CLIMB OUT.PILOT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND DAMAGE TO WINGTIP AND CALLED INCIDENT AIRPORT MANAGER IN REGARDS TO DAMAGE TO TETRAHEDRON.