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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Zlin Aviation Sro SAVAGE · Forest Lake, MN · April 28, 2015

Date
April 28, 2015 · 11:45 local
Place
Forest Lake, MN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N867SA
Reported as
Zlin Aviation Sro Savage
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total20 in this make and model7 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.

During landing practice on an instructional flight, the aircraft became slow and suffered a hard landing.

The certified flight instructor attempted to add power, but it was not done in time to arrest the sink rate. Upon landing, the left main gear collapsed, causing the left wing and propeller to make contact with the grass runway.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING PRACTICE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME SLOW AND SUFFERED A HARD LANDING.

THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER, BUT IT WAS NOT DONE IN TIME TO ARREST THE SINK RATE. UPON LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GRASS RUNWAY.