# Incident 20110502007629I: Ogren Craig R LONG EZE, Chicopee, MA, May 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2011, 16:33 local time
- Place: Chicopee, MA
- Airport: Westover Air Reserve Base
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1757° N, 72.5718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicopee, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1757&lon=-72.5718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42850, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42850) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ogren Craig R LONG EZE (registry code 056903Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/ogren-craig-r-long-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: OGREN CRAIG R LONG EZE
- Reported engine: ECI TITAN O-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 26 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110502007629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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