# Accident 20140221004559A: Direct Fly S R O ALTO, Atlanta, GA, February 21, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2014, 20:12 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Fulton County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Direct Fly S R O ALTO (registry code 060008C, https://openairdocs.org/model/direct-fly-s-r-o-alto) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIRECT FLY S R O ALTO
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 110 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140221004559A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2014 AT ABOUT 2014 LOCAL EST, AN ALTO, SLSA, N711A, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT (FTY) ATLANTA, GA.  THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED DURING NIGHTTIME CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

THE PILOT OF N711A STATED THAT HE HAD APPROACHED THE RUNWAY HIGHER THAN EXPECTED AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST HIS ALTITUDE BY REDUCING POWER AND ADDING FLAPS.  ON LANDING HE STATED HE FLARED HIGH AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD ON ITS MAIN GEAR FIRST THEN VEERED LEFT, HE CORRECTED THIS BY ADDING RIGHT RUDDER AND MOVING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CLEARED FROM THE RUNWAY AND PLACED IN THE PARKING AREA PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE INVESTIGATOR.

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT ONE BLADES OF THE PROPELLER HAD SHEARED OFF. THE OTHER BLADES SHOW DAMAGE FROM STRIKING THE PAVEMENT. THE NOSE CONE ASSEMBLY SHOWED DAMAGE FROM HITTING THE PAVEMENT. THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS BENT AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AT THE FIREWALL TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE NOSE COWL ASSEMBLY WAS CRACKED AND BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES.  THE CANOPY HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE MOUNTING BRACKETS WERE BENT. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS BENT OUTWARDS AND UP INTO THE LEFT MAIN WING ROOT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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