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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stinson L-5 · Amarillo, TX · March 23, 2014

Date
March 23, 2014 · 15:00 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Airport
Buffalo
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63777
Reported as
Stinson L-5
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total25 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.

On March 23, 2014, at 1500 CDT, a Stinson L5-L5, bearing registration number N63777, registered to American airpower heritage flying museum, was on final approach at Buffalo Airport (1E7) south of Amarillo, Texas. The pilot got distracted on final approach and made a hard landing, bounced, and then struck the prop on the ground. There was minor damage to the wooden propeller. The aircraft was being operated on a training flight. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The certificated flight instructor and commercial pilot were not seriously injured. The flight originated from tradewind airport (tdw),Amarillo, Texas on March 23, 2014, at approximately 1400 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 23, 2014, AT 1500 CDT, A STINSON L5-L5, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N63777, REGISTERED TO AMERICAN AIRPOWER HERITAGE FLYING MUSEUM, WAS ON FINAL APPROACH AT BUFFALO AIRPORT (1E7) SOUTH OF AMARILLO, TEXAS. THE PILOT GOT DISTRACTED ON FINAL APPROACH AND MADE A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED, AND THEN STRUCK THE PROP ON THE GROUND. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WOODEN PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL PILOT WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TRADEWIND AIRPORT (TDW),AMARILLO, TEXAS ON MARCH 23, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 CDT.