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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · TL Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT · Meriden, CT · February 20, 2016

Date
February 20, 2016 · 11:50 local
Place
Meriden, CT
Airport
Meriden Markham Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5NE
Reported as
TL Ultralight Sro Stingsport
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total20 in this make and model20 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.

privacy data omitted Arrived at Meriden Markham airport (mmk) to practice full stop landings in his Stingsport, a light sport aircraft. privacy data omitted Checked the weather on ATIS. He was going to be using runway 18 and the wind was reported at 240, 8 gusting to 10. On the first full stop landing, privacy data omitted touched down to the left of centerline. A sudden gust of wind came up pushing the aircraft into the snowbank on the side of the runway. privacy data omitted Tried to correct, but his inputs were ineffective. The left main struck the snowbank first causing the nose of the aircraft to twist around striking the propeller in the snow bank, breaking two of the three blades and breaking off the nose gear bringing the aircraft to a stop on the left side of the runway. privacy data omitted Was the only occupant, he was not injured and was able to egress safely.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED AT MERIDEN MARKHAM AIRPORT (MMK) TO PRACTICE FULL STOP LANDINGS IN HIS STINGSPORT, A LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHECKED THE WEATHER ON ATIS. HE WAS GOING TO BE USING RUNWAY 18 AND THE WIND WAS REPORTED AT 240, 8 GUSTING TO 10. ON THE FIRST FULL STOP LANDING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOUCHED DOWN TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE. A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND CAME UP PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE SNOWBANK ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRIED TO CORRECT, BUT HIS INPUTS WERE INEFFECTIVE. THE LEFT MAIN STRUCK THE SNOWBANK FIRST CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO TWIST AROUND STRIKING THE PROPELLER IN THE SNOW BANK, BREAKING TWO OF THE THREE BLADES AND BREAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT, HE WAS NOT INJURED AND WAS ABLE TO EGRESS SAFELY.