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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sparling Jack H JR RV-10 · Wauseon, OH · July 25, 2015

Date
July 25, 2015 · 12:55 local
Place
Wauseon, OH
Airport
Fulton County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5115Q
Reported as
Sparling Jack H JR RV-10
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total635 in this make and model20 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 engine was over heating after takeoff do to engine plugs still in place. Upon returning to airport the pilot experienced a hard landing resulting in the gear collapsing.

Inspection has revield no damage to the spar, wings, firewall or engine mounts.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE WAS OVER HEATING AFTER TAKEOFF DO TO ENGINE PLUGS STILL IN PLACE. UPON RETURNING TO AIRPORT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING RESULTING IN THE GEAR COLLAPSING.

INSPECTION HAS REVIELD NO DAMAGE TO THE SPAR, WINGS, FIREWALL OR ENGINE MOUNTS.