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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Columbia Ai LC42-550FG · Troy, MI · July 24, 2010

Date
July 24, 2010 · 10:55 local
Place
Troy, MI
Airport
Oakland Troy
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N102FP
Reported as
Columbia Ai LC42-550FG
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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 07/24/10 privacy data omitted had flown from houghton/hancock airport on an IFR clearance to Oakland Troy Airport. He was being vectored for an approach at Troy when he broke out of the clouds. He cancelled IFR and landed VFR on runway 27. The winds were gusty, and on his rollout he bagan to lose directional control. The aircraft weathervained into the wind. He slid off of the runway and came to a stop in the grass north of rwy 27. Nobody was injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON 07/24/10 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD FLOWN FROM HOUGHTON/HANCOCK AIRPORT ON AN IFR CLEARANCE TO OAKLAND TROY AIRPORT. HE WAS BEING VECTORED FOR AN APPROACH AT TROY WHEN HE BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS. HE CANCELLED IFR AND LANDED VFR ON RUNWAY 27. THE WINDS WERE GUSTY, AND ON HIS ROLLOUT HE BAGAN TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERVAINED INTO THE WIND. HE SLID OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS NORTH OF RWY 27. NOBODY WAS INJURED.