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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lewis Randall C DRAGONFLY MKIII · Camarillo, CA · August 14, 2015

Date
August 14, 2015 · 10:00 local
Place
Camarillo, CA
Airport
Camarillo Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N323CR
Reported as
Lewis Randall C Dragonfly Mkiii
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
172 total117 in this make and model4 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 pilot was performing touch and goes at cma. On the 4th touch and go the pilot made a hard landing resulting in the nose gear to bend and break from its mounts. The bottom the aircraft had minor damage from contact with the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT CMA. ON THE 4TH TOUCH AND GO THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR TO BEND AND BREAK FROM ITS MOUNTS. THE BOTTOM THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N323CR · 2

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