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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ulrich Mich CGS Hawk CL · Evart, MI · October 4, 2010

Date
October 4, 2010 · 10:00 local
Place
Evart, MI
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9433G
Reported as
Ulrich Mich CGS Hawk CL
Reported engine
HIRTH 3203
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
382 total5 in this make and model2 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.

On approach to land, the pilot added power too late to stop sink rate and the aircraft landing gear struck 10 ft high brush at end of runway causing loss of airspeed. The aircraft landed hard and broke the nose wheel off and bent back the main landing gear. No other structural damage to the acft.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH TO LAND, THE PILOT ADDED POWER TOO LATE TO STOP SINK RATE AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR STRUCK 10 FT HIGH BRUSH AT END OF RUNWAY CAUSING LOSS OF AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BROKE THE NOSE WHEEL OFF AND BENT BACK THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. NO OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.