# Incident 20160130008959I: Fairchild 24R-46A, Palmyra, WI, January 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Palmyra, WI
- Airport: Palmyra Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8835° N, 88.5994° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALMYRA MUNI (88C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8835&lon=-88.5994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77697, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77697) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild 24R-46A (registry code 3370516, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24r-46a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 24R-46A
- Reported engine: FAIRCHILD 6-440 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,505 total, 18 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160130008959I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JANUARY 30, 2016 AT 1100 CST A FAIRCHILD 24R, N77697, REGISTERED TO 88 CHARLES INC. AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT PALMYRA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PALMYRA, WISCONSIN.

THE PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY NOTED AFTER TAKING OFF FROM PALMYRA THAT THE LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM ITS SHOCK STRUT ALLOWING THE GEAR TO SWING OUT OF POSITION.  DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED INTO THE SNOWBANK PARALLELING THE RUNWAY WITH RESULTANT DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND LEFT HAND WING TIP.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N77697 (2)

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

- [Accident 19820711026589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820711026589A), Jul 11, 1982: Frchld 24R46A (N77697), Franklin, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft stalled on short final and crashed. Fuel drained from aircraft was automotive fuel type color.
- [Accident 19730624017869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730624017869A), Jun 24, 1973: Frchld 24R46A (N77697), Portage, WI, Substantial damage. Shallow ravine.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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