20100519044119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Remos Aircr Remos G-3/6 · Orlando, FL · May 19, 2010

Date
May 19, 2010 · 20:00 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N445RA
Reported as
Remos Aircr Remos G-3/6
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
11 in this make and model10 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.

A Remos light sport aircraft, primarily used for instruction out of the Orlando Executive Airport was conducting pattern work locally. After completing takeoffs and landings, the subject aircraft departed the area returning to the Orlando. After landing without incident on runway 13 and during roll-out the crew felt a binding in the undercarriage. They perceived it to be a punctured tire or binding of the wheel pant. Making the turn off the centerline, the pilot heard a crunching noise and aircraft's attitude rotated nose high causing the left wing to droop. All forward progress was halted. The initial inspection revealed that the left main gear leg (strut) lost structural integrity collapsing with damage to the composite gear leg assembly and subsequently damaging the underside of the horizontal stabilator. No further damage was identified.

As the FAA filed it

A REMOS LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, PRIMARILY USED FOR INSTRUCTION OUT OF THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WAS CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK LOCALLY. AFTER COMPLETING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AREA RETURNING TO THE ORLANDO. AFTER LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 13 AND DURING ROLL-OUT THE CREW FELT A BINDING IN THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THEY PERCEIVED IT TO BE A PUNCTURED TIRE OR BINDING OF THE WHEEL PANT. MAKING THE TURN OFF THE CENTERLINE, THE PILOT HEARD A CRUNCHING NOISE AND AIRCRAFT'S ATTITUDE ROTATED NOSE HIGH CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO DROOP. ALL FORWARD PROGRESS WAS HALTED. THE INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG (STRUT) LOST STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY COLLAPSING WITH DAMAGE TO THE COMPOSITE GEAR LEG ASSEMBLY AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED.