# Incident 20100807041459I: Engineering 415-C, Danbury, CT, August 7, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2010, 10:53 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99129, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99129) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research 415-C (registry code 0420302, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENGINEERING 415-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 47 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100807041459I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT SAID "I WAS RETURNING FROM A CROSSCOUNTRY FLT FROM KMSV. I WAS CLEARED TO LAND (KDXR) ON RUNWAY 35. ON LEFT DOWNWIND FOR 35, THE TOWER INSTRUCTED TO SET UP ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 26 INSTEAD. THE APPROACH WAS VERY ROUTINE. I WAS ON GLIDESLOPE AND MY INDICATED AIRSPEED WAS 80. AS I DESCENDED INTO GROUND EFFECT AND BEGAN FLARE, THERE WAS A SUDDEN PULL TO THE RIGHT. I TRIED TO CORRECT THIS WITH LEFT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER. HOWEVER, THE A/C CONTINUED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. SHORTLY THERAFTER, THEA/C PORPOISED ABOUT 3 TIMES. THE A/C MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY. THERE WAS A PROPELLER STRIKE AND AIRPLANE CAME TO REST PERPENDICULAR WITH THE RUNWAY. ON INTIAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26, THERE WAS NO APPARENT CROSSWIND. I MADE A PERFECT LANDING AT SULLIVAN (KMSV) AN HOUR EARLIER. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED A HARD RIGHT PULL ON THIS PARTICULAR RUNWAY IN THE PAST.  INSPECTOR LABBE NOTED: PROPELLER TIPS BENT AFT, NOSE GEAR FORK AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY IS BENT TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING TIP DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N99129 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820523018209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820523018209A), May 23, 1982: Univar 415C (N99129), Sand Springs, OK, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing causing nose gear to break off resulting in aircraft flipping inverted.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.