# Incident 20110622011829I: Columbia Aircraft Mfg 400, Alexander City, AL, June 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2011, 16:45 local time
- Place: Alexander City, AL
- Airport: Thomas C Russell Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9147° N, 85.9629° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THOMAS C RUSSELL FLD (ALX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9147&lon=-85.9629&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401ST, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401ST) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Columbia Aircraft Mfg 400 (registry code 5150013, https://openairdocs.org/model/columbia-aircraft-mfg-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT MFG 400
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 52 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110622011829I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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