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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Columbia Aircraft Mfg 400 · Alexander City, AL · June 22, 2011

Date
June 22, 2011 · 16:45 local
Place
Alexander City, AL
Airport
Thomas C Russell Fld
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N401ST
Reported as
Columbia Aircraft Mfg 400
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
510 total52 in this make and model25 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.

On June 22, 2011, at 1649 CST, a Columbia, N401ST, registered to rep surgery and consulting inc, suffered minor damage on landing at kalx, Alexander City airport, while on a CFR part 91 personal flight. An IFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft nose wheel was broken from the nose landing gear during what the pilot described as a 'hard landing" while landing in gusty winds. The pilot stated the aircraft had bounced three times resulting in the nose wheel failure. The certificated private pilot was uninjured. The flight originated at kecp, panama city, Florida.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 22, 2011, AT 1649 CST, A COLUMBIA, N401ST, REGISTERED TO REP SURGERY AND CONSULTING INC, SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE ON LANDING AT KALX, ALEXANDER CITY AIRPORT, WHILE ON A CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL WAS BROKEN FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING WHAT THE PILOT DESCRIBED AS A 'HARD LANDING" WHILE LANDING IN GUSTY WINDS. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD BOUNCED THREE TIMES RESULTING IN THE NOSE WHEEL FAILURE. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KECP, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA.