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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Funk B85C · New Baden, IL · October 22, 2010

Date
October 22, 2010 · 14:00 local
Place
New Baden, IL
Airport
Fischer Rla
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1611N
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11CA033
Reported as
Funk B85C
Reported engine
Continental C90 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total100 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot encountered loss of lift due to wind while approaching grass runway and landed short causing substantial damage to the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENCOUNTERED LOSS OF LIFT DUE TO WIND WHILE APPROACHING GRASS RUNWAY AND LANDED SHORT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.