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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raytheon 58 · Macon, MO · April 8, 2014

Date
April 8, 2014 · 12:30 local
Place
Macon, MO
Airport
Macon-Fower Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N509P
Reported as
Raytheon 58
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
845 total295 in this make and model34 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.

The pilot was landing rwy 2 at K89 when a crosswind caused the aircraft to drift to the right, off the runway surface. When the pilot tried to correct the situation, the nose gear of the aircraft collapsed and the aircraft came to rest in the dirt, off the right-hand side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS LANDING RWY 2 AT K89 WHEN A CROSSWIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT, OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. WHEN THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE DIRT, OFF THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.