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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Curtin Mich KIT B200 · Vancouver, WA · March 14, 2010

Date
March 14, 2010 · 13:23 local
Place
Vancouver, WA
Airport
Pearson Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N773AM
Reported as
Curtin Mich KIT B200
Reported engine
Aerosport O-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total150 in this make and model30 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.

privacy data omitted Was landing at the airport in scappoose or. privacy data omitted Stated he had the tail up during landing and the aircraft began to veer left. privacy data omitted Applied power to go around as he was veering off the runway. As he rotated he thought he hit something. As he was climbing out he determined his left landing gear had been damaged. He called pdx tower and ask to make several fly-bys to get a report on the damage. He was told the landing gear was on the airplane but not in normal position. privacy data omitted Made a landing at Pearson Airpark on the grass. The aircraft appeared to sustain no additional damage except the propeller tips being bent.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING AT THE AIRPORT IN SCAPPOOSE OR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE HAD THE TAIL UP DURING LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED POWER TO GO AROUND AS HE WAS VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY. AS HE ROTATED HE THOUGHT HE HIT SOMETHING. AS HE WAS CLIMBING OUT HE DETERMINED HIS LEFT LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN DAMAGED. HE CALLED PDX TOWER AND ASK TO MAKE SEVERAL FLY-BYS TO GET A REPORT ON THE DAMAGE. HE WAS TOLD THE LANDING GEAR WAS ON THE AIRPLANE BUT NOT IN NORMAL POSITION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A LANDING AT PEARSON AIRPARK ON THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO SUSTAIN NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE EXCEPT THE PROPELLER TIPS BEING BENT.