# Incident 20140323002479I: Stinson L-5, Amarillo, TX, March 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Buffalo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0639° N, 101.8776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUFFALO (1E7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0639&lon=-101.8776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63777, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63777) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson L-5 (registry code 8630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C (registry code 41517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435a-0-435c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON L-5
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-435A/0-435C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 25 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140323002479I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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