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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Found Acft Canada FBA-2C1 · Elk River, ID · November 23, 2013

Date
November 23, 2013 · 14:30 local
Place
Elk River, ID
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N34GR
Reported as
Found Acft Canada FBA-2C1
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total1,000 in this make and model80 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.

N34GR, a 2005 Found FBA-2C1 received minor damage at the Elk River, Idaho airport on November 23, 2013. The commercial pilot/flight instructor landed in deep crusty snow which caused the conventional geared airplane to roll up on it's nose. Damage was limited to the three propeller blades. No structural or other damage occurred as a result of this landing.

As the FAA filed it

N34GR, A 2005 FOUND FBA-2C1 RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AT THE ELK RIVER, IDAHO AIRPORT ON NOVEMBER 23, 2013. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LANDED IN DEEP CRUSTY SNOW WHICH CAUSED THE CONVENTIONAL GEARED AIRPLANE TO ROLL UP ON IT'S NOSE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES. NO STRUCTURAL OR OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS LANDING.