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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Arion LIGHTNING LS-1 · Hawthorne, CA · March 4, 2015

Date
March 4, 2015 · 15:50 local
Place
Hawthorne, CA
Airport
Jack Northrop Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N341AL
Reported as
Arion Lightning LS-1
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

Pilot stated a gust of wind moved aircraft off of the runway 10 feet, gust of wind then quit and aircraft came down hard breaking the nose gear, aircraft skidded along until both propeller tips broke off. Aircraft came to a stop on runway 24 between intersection delta and echo. Aircraft and pilot times to be ammended when available.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED A GUST OF WIND MOVED AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY 10 FEET, GUST OF WIND THEN QUIT AND AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN HARD BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ALONG UNTIL BOTH PROPELLER TIPS BROKE OFF. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 24 BETWEEN INTERSECTION DELTA AND ECHO. AIRCRAFT AND PILOT TIMES TO BE AMMENDED WHEN AVAILABLE.

Other reports on N341AL · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.