20141024022649A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Siai-Marchetti S 211 · Borrego Springs, CA · October 24, 2014

Date
October 24, 2014 · 16:45 local
Place
Borrego Springs, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N211JY
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR15CA031
Reported as
Siai-Marchetti S 211
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
28,014 total85 in this make and model170 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.

Due to a excessively hard landing the main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft stopped after skidding 3,500 feet near the center of the runway. Nose tire, wheel and axle was also damaged. Excessive damage on bottom of fueselage compromising aircraft structure.

As the FAA filed it

DUE TO A EXCESSIVELY HARD LANDING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AFTER SKIDDING 3,500 FEET NEAR THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. NOSE TIRE, WHEEL AND AXLE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. EXCESSIVE DAMAGE ON BOTTOM OF FUESELAGE COMPROMISING AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.