20110613011279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Nelson Dan H LONG-EZ · Moriarty, NM · June 13, 2011

Date
June 13, 2011 · 18:30 local
Place
Moriarty, NM
Airport
Moriarty
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N81DN
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11CA395
Reported as
Nelson Dan H LONG-EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
240 total150 in this make and model14 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.

Gust of wind during touchdown caused aircraft to rotate horizontally which in turn caused main gear to fail.

As the FAA filed it

GUST OF WIND DURING TOUCHDOWN CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE HORIZONTALLY WHICH IN TURN CAUSED MAIN GEAR TO FAIL.

NTSB investigation

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