# Incident 20100729043559I: Zivko Aeron EDGE 540, Anchorage, AK, July 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Elmendorf A.F.B
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540SG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540SG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zivko Aeronautics EDGE 540 (registry code 056037G, https://openairdocs.org/model/zivko-aeronautics-edge-540) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZIVKO AERON EDGE 540
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 700 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100729043559I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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