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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · ES LANCAIR ES · Tulsa, OK · July 4, 2012

Date
July 4, 2012 · 09:56 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Airport
Tulsa International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N762ES
Reported as
ES Lancair ES
Reported engine
Continental IO-360
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total280 in this make and model65 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.

Upon contacting Tulsa tower it was noted by the pilot that the aircraft was yawing to the right(nose right). Rudder trim was applied and aircraft seemed managable. The pilot decided to do a precautionary soft field landing . Upon touchdown of the nose wheel, a loud skiding sound was heard followed by the propellor striking the ground.

As the FAA filed it

UPON CONTACTING TULSA TOWER IT WAS NOTED BY THE PILOT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS YAWING TO THE RIGHT(NOSE RIGHT). RUDDER TRIM WAS APPLIED AND AIRCRAFT SEEMED MANAGABLE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO A PRECAUTIONARY SOFT FIELD LANDING . UPON TOUCHDOWN OF THE NOSE WHEEL, A LOUD SKIDING SOUND WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY THE PROPELLOR STRIKING THE GROUND.