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FAA incident report · Ogren Craig R LONG EZE · Chicopee, MA · May 2, 2011

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Date
May 2, 2011 · 16:33 local
Place
Chicopee, MA
Airport
Westover Air Reserve Base
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42850
Reported as
Ogren Craig R Long EZE
Reported engine
Eci Titan O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total26 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
N42850Registered now · Ogren Craig R LONG EZES/N 2678081 · Built 2010Airframe modelOgren Craig R LONG EZEEngine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Upon landing at cef (Westover) on runway 05 at 1633 EDT the nose landing gear collapsed. Aircraft then veered off runway to the right into grassy area where the right main wheel broke off. The pilot stated that he was given permission to land on runway 5, the downwind runway. He had 90 knots airspeed plus a 9 knot tailwind and was using more runway than anticipated. He started the flare about a third of the way down the runway and just as the plane was about to touch on the main gear it abruptly lifted one wing and weather cocked. In an attempt to correct the situation and straighten the nose he added power with opposite rudder which further exacerbated the situation not knowing what the sudden violent winds were from. He then cut the power and the canard stalled and the nose wheel slammed into the ground. The aircraft continued to slide down the runway then onto the grass at which time his right main wheel assembly was ripped from the strut. The pilot also stated that just prior to landing a large turbine aircraft had just taken off and he believed that as he was about to land he flew into the wing tip vortices of the departing aircraft

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING AT CEF (WESTOVER) ON RUNWAY 05 AT 1633 EDT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED OFF RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT INTO GRASSY AREA WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL BROKE OFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5, THE DOWNWIND RUNWAY. HE HAD 90 KNOTS AIRSPEED PLUS A 9 KNOT TAILWIND AND WAS USING MORE RUNWAY THAN ANTICIPATED. HE STARTED THE FLARE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND JUST AS THE PLANE WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH ON THE MAIN GEAR IT ABRUPTLY LIFTED ONE WING AND WEATHER COCKED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AND STRAIGHTEN THE NOSE HE ADDED POWER WITH OPPOSITE RUDDER WHICH FURTHER EXACERBATED THE SITUATION NOT KNOWING WHAT THE SUDDEN VIOLENT WINDS WERE FROM. HE THEN CUT THE POWER AND THE CANARD STALLED AND THE NOSE WHEEL SLAMMED INTO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY THEN ONTO THE GRASS AT WHICH TIME HIS RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS RIPPED FROM THE STRUT. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT JUST PRIOR TO LANDING A LARGE TURBINE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF AND HE BELIEVED THAT AS HE WAS ABOUT TO LAND HE FLEW INTO THE WING TIP VORTICES OF THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT