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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blake Bradley C B1 · Vicksburg, MS · March 31, 2012

Date
March 31, 2012 · 19:00 local
Place
Vicksburg, MS
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2699R
Reported as
Blake Bradley C B1
Reported engine
ROTAX 503 DCDI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Recreational pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total100 in this make and model1 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.

While landing his experimental aircraft on his private grass runway, the pilot undershot the runway by approximately 30 feet. The aircraft flipped upside down in the wheat field which was in front of the runway. This caused minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING HIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ON HIS PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY, THE PILOT UNDERSHOT THE RUNWAY BY APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN IN THE WHEAT FIELD WHICH WAS IN FRONT OF THE RUNWAY. THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.