20150808013069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Flightworks CAPELLA XS FW2C80TD · Hartselle, AL · August 8, 2015

Date
August 8, 2015 · 09:00 local
Place
Hartselle, AL
Airport
Hartselle-Morgan County Region
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N654MM
Reported as
Flightworks Capella XS FW2C80TD
Reported engine
ROTAX 912
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
58 in this make and model

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.

privacy data omitted Certificate no. privacy data omitted Operated N654MM VFR from 8A1 to 5M0 attempting to land runway 36 making a go around due to a perceived up draft. On the next attempt N654MM crossed the threshold at 60 knots with one notch flaps applied, performed a normal flare and reduced power. The aircraft dropped approximately 2 feet contacting the runway collapsing the right hand main landing gear and contacting the right hand wing tip. The aircraft nose dropped contacting all three blades.

The pilot and passengerprivacy data omitted exited the aircraft uninjured. Personnel on the airfield assisted in removing the aircraft from the active runway.

Pilot recieved couselliing concerning his actions during this incident. Peb

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERTIFICATE NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED N654MM VFR FROM 8A1 TO 5M0 ATTEMPTING TO LAND RUNWAY 36 MAKING A GO AROUND DUE TO A PERCEIVED UP DRAFT. ON THE NEXT ATTEMPT N654MM CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AT 60 KNOTS WITH ONE NOTCH FLAPS APPLIED, PERFORMED A NORMAL FLARE AND REDUCED POWER. THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET CONTACTING THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR AND CONTACTING THE RIGHT HAND WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DROPPED CONTACTING ALL THREE BLADES.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED. PERSONNEL ON THE AIRFIELD ASSISTED IN REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.

PILOT RECIEVED COUSELLIING CONCERNING HIS ACTIONS DURING THIS INCIDENT. PEB

Other reports on N654MM · 1

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