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FAA incident report · Air Creation GTE · Albuquerque, NM · June 12, 2012

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Date
June 12, 2012 · 07:36 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N971EW
Reported as
Air Creation GTE
Reported engine
ROTAX 582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
90 total11 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
N971EWRegistered now · Air Creation GTES/N T02055 · Built 1999Airframe modelAir Creation GTEEngine modelRotax 582SER2 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On June 12, 2012, at 0736 MDT, N971EW, an experimental light sport aircraft, an Air Creation model Gte, a single engine weight-shift controlled aircraft, privacy data omitted was on a flight to maintain his currency by practicing take-offs and landings at the double eagle ii airport (kaeg), Albuquerque, new Mexico, under visual flight rules. This incident occurred on the second landing on runway 17. The aircraft made its initial take-off from runway 35. After the take-off, the wind shifted causing the tower to change the active runway to runway 17. At the time of the subject landing, the wind was reported as coming from 110º at 10 knots. The pilot reported that due to the crosswind, he could not keep the aircraft on the runway. The aircraft drifted from left to right and off the runway as it rolled out. The nose wheel struck a taxiway light south of taxiway B-2, rolled across taxiway b and into a rocky ditch, where it came to a stop. The front wheel was broken from its mounts. There was no other damage to the aircraft. The pilot and sole occupant was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 12, 2012, AT 0736 MDT, N971EW, AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, AN AIR CREATION MODEL GTE, A SINGLE ENGINE WEIGHT-SHIFT CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A FLIGHT TO MAINTAIN HIS CURRENCY BY PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT (KAEG), ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 17. THE AIRCRAFT MADE ITS INITIAL TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 35. AFTER THE TAKE-OFF, THE WIND SHIFTED CAUSING THE TOWER TO CHANGE THE ACTIVE RUNWAY TO RUNWAY 17. AT THE TIME OF THE SUBJECT LANDING, THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS COMING FROM 110º AT 10 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DUE TO THE CROSSWIND, HE COULD NOT KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND OFF THE RUNWAY AS IT ROLLED OUT. THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT SOUTH OF TAXIWAY B-2, ROLLED ACROSS TAXIWAY B AND INTO A ROCKY DITCH, WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP. THE FRONT WHEEL WAS BROKEN FROM ITS MOUNTS. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.