# Incident 20100307030569I: American Le AL11, Falmouth, MA, March 7, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2010, 08:00 local time
- Place: Falmouth, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5512° N, 70.6087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falmouth, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5512&lon=-70.6087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16PZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16PZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Legend AL11 (registry code 060002N, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-legend-al11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN LE AL11
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,130 total, 103 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100307030569I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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