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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Canadair CL-600-2B16 · Hot Springs, VA · February 2, 2012

Date
February 2, 2012 · 13:46 local
Place
Hot Springs, VA
Airport
Ingalls Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N601EC
Reported as
Canadair CL-600-2B16
Reported engine
GE CF34 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total3,200 in this make and model30 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.

During landing, wind shear and gusty conditions were encountered. The nose wheel came down hard on touch-down, causing minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING, WIND SHEAR AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WERE ENCOUNTERED. THE NOSE WHEEL CAME DOWN HARD ON TOUCH-DOWN, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.