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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Zivko Aeron EDGE 540 · Anchorage, AK · July 29, 2010

Date
July 29, 2010 · 13:00 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Elmendorf A.F.B
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N540SG
Reported as
Zivko Aeron Edge 540
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total700 in this make and model50 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.

The aircraft tail wheel caught a landing arrest cable while landing at Elmendorf A.F.B. The tail wheel assembly was tore off the aircraft and the rudder sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT TAIL WHEEL CAUGHT A LANDING ARREST CABLE WHILE LANDING AT ELMENDORF A.F.B. THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS TORE OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RUDDER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.