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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Isaacs Stev SONEX · Smithfield, NC · March 24, 2010

Date
March 24, 2010 · 14:30 local
Place
Smithfield, NC
Airport
Johnson County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13PX
Reported as
Isaacs Stev Sonex
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
247 total15 in this make and model0 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.

The pilot attempted a full three(3)point landing, approach speed was 55MPH with 30 degrees flaps. During the flaring phase of the landing the pilot stated a gust of wind aggravated by a strong crosswind changed the runway alignment resulting in the aircraft departing off the right side of the runway and hitting a taxyway sign damaging the the left wing. The pilot on had 15 hour in make and model.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A FULL THREE(3)POINT LANDING, APPROACH SPEED WAS 55MPH WITH 30 DEGREES FLAPS. DURING THE FLARING PHASE OF THE LANDING THE PILOT STATED A GUST OF WIND AGGRAVATED BY A STRONG CROSSWIND CHANGED THE RUNWAY ALIGNMENT RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND HITTING A TAXYWAY SIGN DAMAGING THE THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT ON HAD 15 HOUR IN MAKE AND MODEL.