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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · 2006 Paul Boyce GLASTAR · Lock Haven, PA · June 16, 2015

Date
June 16, 2015 · 16:00 local
Place
Lock Haven, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N965CZ
Reported as
2006 Paul Boyce Glastar
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total35 in this make and model50 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.

Pilot reported downwind for runway 27 and turned too close to the runway. The pilot realized he was too fast and too high but elected to land. The pilot touched down at the FAR end of the runway and rolled onto the paved section of the field causing the nose gear to collapse. The prop then struck the paved surface.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 27 AND TURNED TOO CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS TOO FAST AND TOO HIGH BUT ELECTED TO LAND. THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED ONTO THE PAVED SECTION OF THE FIELD CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE PROP THEN STRUCK THE PAVED SURFACE.