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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Curtiss Wright ROBIN J-1 · Yakima, WA · May 19, 2012

Date
May 19, 2012 · 15:08 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N511N
Reported as
Curtiss Wright Robin J-1
Reported engine
WRIGHT J-6-5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
30,000 total250 in this make and model15 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.

Engine lost power and pilot landed in farm field and on roll out hit hidden large rock with the landing gear. Gear folded and right wing tip hit ground. Minor damage. Did a good job on landing but the rock was hidden by tall grass.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER AND PILOT LANDED IN FARM FIELD AND ON ROLL OUT HIT HIDDEN LARGE ROCK WITH THE LANDING GEAR. GEAR FOLDED AND RIGHT WING TIP HIT GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE. DID A GOOD JOB ON LANDING BUT THE ROCK WAS HIDDEN BY TALL GRASS.