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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Jerry F Loeffelbein SONEX · Wenatchee, WA · June 15, 2013

Date
June 15, 2013 · 13:30 local
Place
Wenatchee, WA
Airport
Pangborn Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1320X
Reported as
Jerry F Loeffelbein Sonex
Reported engine
Aerovee 2180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
181 total4 in this make and model6 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.

After a hard landing, a bolt for the left landing gear sheared, causing the aircraft to veer uncontrollably to the left. Aircraft left the runway, right wheel went into a hole causing the aircraft to tip on its nose and suffer a prop strike. Only minor damage to the aircraft and no injury to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER A HARD LANDING, A BOLT FOR THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SHEARED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY, RIGHT WHEEL WENT INTO A HOLE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP ON ITS NOSE AND SUFFER A PROP STRIKE. ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.