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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Colyaer SL FREEDOM · Lakeland, FL · April 11, 2013

Date
April 11, 2013 · 11:00 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N787Z
Reported as
Colyaer SL Freedom
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total160 in this make and model180 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.

During landing, the r/h main landing gearcollapsed due to the crosswind on the grass runway. The small aluminum support-strut broke in half. There was no damage to the aircraft other then the broken "support strut" and no injuries to pilot or passenger.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING, THE R/H MAIN LANDING GEARCOLLAPSED DUE TO THE CROSSWIND ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE SMALL ALUMINUM SUPPORT-STRUT BROKE IN HALF. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THEN THE BROKEN "SUPPORT STRUT" AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

Other reports on N787Z · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.