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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Desi SR20 · Duluth, MN · April 17, 2010

Date
April 17, 2010 · 10:00 local
Place
Duluth, MN
Airport
Duluth International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7724T
Reported as
Cirrus Desi SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
255 total55 in this make and model15 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.

Pilot was relocating aircraft to perform VOR check. When attempting to land, he touched down and then allowed aircraft to become airborne again. When the aircraft touched down the second time a hard landing caused damage to the propeller, nose gear, and right main wheel.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS RELOCATING AIRCRAFT TO PERFORM VOR CHECK. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LAND, HE TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AGAIN. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE SECOND TIME A HARD LANDING CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR, AND RIGHT MAIN WHEEL.