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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Olson Calvin M CHRISTEN EAGLE II · San Jose, CA · August 8, 2015

Date
August 8, 2015 · 12:30 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
Reid-Hillview Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N119CM
Reported as
Olson Calvin M Christen Eagle II
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-360-EXP
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,952 total1,500 in this make and model10 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.

Aircraft made a normal approach and wheel landing. During the landing roll-out after the tail wheel made contact with the pavement the aircraft uncontrollablely veered to the right; departing the runway striking the visual slope indicator.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND WHEEL LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT AFTER THE TAIL WHEEL MADE CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT THE AIRCRAFT UNCONTROLLABLELY VEERED TO THE RIGHT; DEPARTING THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE VISUAL SLOPE INDICATOR.