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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-4-210C · Sagle, ID · July 17, 2010

Date
July 17, 2010 · 09:00 local
Place
Sagle, ID
Airport
Bird Nr 2
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51407
Reported as
Maule M-4-210C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total150 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 departed coe enroute to ID19. Upon arriving at ID19 and entering the traffic pattern, pilot set up for a short field approach and landing to the north. On short final pilot began slowing the aircraft from 60MPH to 50MPH and estimated a touch down approxiamtely 100 feet down the running. As the pilot approached the threshold, pilot stated the bottom fell out, quickly losing altitude, and he landed hard, six feet short of the runway. He did not have time to react with power and the landing gear buckled up and the aircraft skidded up the runway with the propeller striking the surface. There were no injuries or fire.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED COE ENROUTE TO ID19. UPON ARRIVING AT ID19 AND ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, PILOT SET UP FOR A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AND LANDING TO THE NORTH. ON SHORT FINAL PILOT BEGAN SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT FROM 60MPH TO 50MPH AND ESTIMATED A TOUCH DOWN APPROXIAMTELY 100 FEET DOWN THE RUNNING. AS THE PILOT APPROACHED THE THRESHOLD, PILOT STATED THE BOTTOM FELL OUT, QUICKLY LOSING ALTITUDE, AND HE LANDED HARD, SIX FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACT WITH POWER AND THE LANDING GEAR BUCKLED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED UP THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE SURFACE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE.