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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Vicari Vict Challenger · Carbondale, IL · September 15, 2010

Date: September 15, 2010 · 10:33 local
Place: Carbondale, IL
Airport: Southern Illinois
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N639V
Reported as: Vicari Vict Challenger
Reported engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 240 total7 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N639VRegistration cancelled Mar 28, 2018 · Vicari Victor V CHALLENGER IIS/N CH2-1004-B-2534 · Built 2006 Airframe modelVicari Victor V CHALLENGER II Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

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 pilot was conducting a landing maneuver at the Carbondale-Southern Illinois Airport. He reported that he had touched down on runway 18R when a gust of wind lifted the aircraft which then began to drift to the left of the runway. As the aircraft settled to the surface it contacted a runway sign and the left landing gear strut collapsed. The result was minor damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the pilot and sole occupant.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A LANDING MANEUVER AT THE CARBONDALE-SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AIRPORT. HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 18R WHEN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT WHICH THEN BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE SURFACE IT CONTACTED A RUNWAY SIGN AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED. THE RESULT WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT.