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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Russell Wil Glasair SH- · Tulsa, OK · October 21, 2010

Date: October 21, 2010 · 15:18 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Richard L. Jones Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N622BC
Reported as: Russell Wil Glasair SH-
Reported engine: Lycoming
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total0 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N622BCRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2020 · Russell William M GLASAIR SH-2S/N 472 Airframe modelRussell William M GLASAIR SH-2

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.

Airman was in approach and aircraft was light on fuel causing aircraft to float further than desired. Airman realized he was not going to make the landing and initiated go around. As aircraft was passing over the runway light a light was clipped causing minimal damage to aircraft. Airman proceeded with the go around to a successful approach and landing. Weather was sunny, light winds and dry surface runway with no impact on landing procedures.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS IN APPROACH AND AIRCRAFT WAS LIGHT ON FUEL CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO FLOAT FURTHER THAN DESIRED. AIRMAN REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE LANDING AND INITIATED GO AROUND. AS AIRCRAFT WAS PASSING OVER THE RUNWAY LIGHT A LIGHT WAS CLIPPED CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. AIRMAN PROCEEDED WITH THE GO AROUND TO A SUCCESSFUL APPROACH AND LANDING. WEATHER WAS SUNNY, LIGHT WINDS AND DRY SURFACE RUNWAY WITH NO IMPACT ON LANDING PROCEDURES.