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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft MF CH601XLI SL · Torrance, CA · September 9, 2010

Date
September 9, 2010 · 15:32 local
Place
Torrance, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N601KE
Reported as
Aircraft MF CH601XLI SL
Reported engine
Continental O-200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,492 total16 in this make and model10 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 experienced an un-intentional opening of the Aircraft canopy while at altitude. Following the pilots operating handbook emergency instructions the pilot returned to the airport and initiated an approach and landing. Prior to touchdown a wind gust caused the right wing to stall and the wing tip, nose gear and prop to contact the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED AN UN-INTENTIONAL OPENING OF THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY WHILE AT ALTITUDE. FOLLOWING THE PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND INITIATED AN APPROACH AND LANDING. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN A WIND GUST CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO STALL AND THE WING TIP, NOSE GEAR AND PROP TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY.