OpenAirDocs.org

20100401004919I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Globe GC-1B · French Lick, IN · April 1, 2010

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
April 1, 2010 · 20:30 local
Place
French Lick, IN
Airport
French Lick Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3247K
Reported as
Globe GC-1B
Reported engine
Continental C125 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total132 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N3247KRegistered now · Globe GC-1BS/N 1240Airframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 seriesReciprocating

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 04/01/2010, at approximately 2030 local time, Mr. Mark wilkerson, certificate number 404888567, flying VFR, without a flight plan, piloted a 1946 Globe GC-1B, registration, N3247K, serial number 1240, for a landing on runway 26 at the French Lick Municipal Airport (frh), an uncontrolled field, IN French Lick, Indiana. The weather conditions at dusk were clear, and visibility greater than 10 NM, with winds from the south at 7 knots. The aircraft landed 650 feet from the runway threshold on the center line. Approximately 800 feet after touchdown the aircraft departed the left side of the paved surface of the runway into moist soil and grass. After departing the runway, the left landing gear sank into the soil and the aircraft began rotating in a counter-clock wise direction. The aircraft traveled an additional 140 feet until the left landing gear failed at the side strut attach point on the shock strut causing the left landing gear to collapse outward towards the wing tip. The aircraft continued to travel with the left gear collapsed for another 30 feet until it came to rest 70 feet off the runway pointed in a south easterly direction. There were no passengers, no injuries, no other aircraft involved, and no fire. There was minor damage sustained to aircraft, with no damage to the leading edges of the wings, stablizers, or control surfaces. There were no animal remains or indications of the presence of animals at the runway, on the aircraft, or at the site of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 04/01/2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 LOCAL TIME, MR. MARK WILKERSON, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 404888567, FLYING VFR, WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN, PILOTED A 1946 GLOBE GC-1B, REGISTRATION, N3247K, SERIAL NUMBER 1240, FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT THE FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FRH), AN UNCONTROLLED FIELD, IN FRENCH LICK, INDIANA. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT DUSK WERE CLEAR, AND VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10 NM, WITH WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 7 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 650 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD ON THE CENTER LINE. APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY INTO MOIST SOIL AND GRASS. AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SANK INTO THE SOIL AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROTATING IN A COUNTER-CLOCK WISE DIRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 140 FEET UNTIL THE LEFT LANDING GEAR FAILED AT THE SIDE STRUT ATTACH POINT ON THE SHOCK STRUT CAUSING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE OUTWARD TOWARDS THE WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL WITH THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED FOR ANOTHER 30 FEET UNTIL IT CAME TO REST 70 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY POINTED IN A SOUTH EASTERLY DIRECTION. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS, NO INJURIES, NO OTHER AIRCRAFT INVOLVED, AND NO FIRE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO AIRCRAFT, WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS, STABLIZERS, OR CONTROL SURFACES. THERE WERE NO ANIMAL REMAINS OR INDICATIONS OF THE PRESENCE OF ANIMALS AT THE RUNWAY, ON THE AIRCRAFT, OR AT THE SITE OF THE INCIDENT.