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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · MXR Technologies MXS · Las Vegas, NV · October 17, 2015

Date
October 17, 2015 · 14:40 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N540XS
Reported as
MXR Technologies MXS
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-540-D4A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
9,717 total

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 misjudged landing descent rate during gusty winds while touching down on the landing surface. The RH main gear bent and flexed allowing the three propeller tips to graze the landing surface.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISJUDGED LANDING DESCENT RATE DURING GUSTY WINDS WHILE TOUCHING DOWN ON THE LANDING SURFACE. THE RH MAIN GEAR BENT AND FLEXED ALLOWING THE THREE PROPELLER TIPS TO GRAZE THE LANDING SURFACE.