# Incident 20100416031749I: British Air BAC 167 STR, Louisville, KY, April 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2010, 11:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2146J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2146J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British BAC 167 STRIKEMASTER (registry code 1480307, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-bac-167-strikemaster) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce VIPER-535 (registry code 54581, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-viper-535) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRITISH AIR BAC 167 STR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC VIPER 535
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,736 total, 234 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100416031749I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 16, 2010,  A BAC 167, N2146J SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES AFTER A LOSS OF CONTROL ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT BOWMAN FIELD, (KLOU), LOUISVILLE KY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL UNTIL SHORT FINAL. THE PILOT STATED HE LOOKED AT THE AIRSPEED AND IT WAS 110 KTS AND AS HE PROCEEDED WITH THE APPROACH, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT "FELT LIKE THE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT OF IT" . HE STATED HE LOOKED AT THE AIRSPEED AND IT WAS 85 KTS AND HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT SINKING AND WAS LOSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED A TOTAL OF 669 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 24 JUST BEYOND THE BRAVO INTERSECTION. THERE WAS NO POST INCIDENT FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

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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