20130119000499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Globe GC-1B · Payson, AZ · January 19, 2013

Date: January 19, 2013 · 08:30 local
Place: Payson, AZ
Airport: Payson
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3731K
Reported as: Globe GC-1B
Reported engine: Continental C125 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate

N3731KRegistered now · Globe GC-1BS/N 1424 · Built 1946 Airframe modelGlobe GC-1B Engine modelContinental C125 seriesReciprocating

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 landing the aircraft swung hard to the left. The loop causing the left main landing gear to collapse. The aircraft then settled on the left wing aileron hinges and slide to a stop. One tip of the propeller made contact with the runway surface causing light damage to the propeller. The left wing aileron hinges were bent opposite the direction of the slide. The left main landing gear drag link was broke in half. Airport personnel removed the aircraft from the runway, secured the left main landing gear in the down and locked position using braces and ropes. The pilot was not available for interview.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SWUNG HARD TO THE LEFT. THE LOOP CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED ON THE LEFT WING AILERON HINGES AND SLIDE TO A STOP. ONE TIP OF THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE CAUSING LIGHT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE LEFT WING AILERON HINGES WERE BENT OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF THE SLIDE. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK WAS BROKE IN HALF. AIRPORT PERSONNEL REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY, SECURED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION USING BRACES AND ROPES. THE PILOT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW.