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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rainbow Skyreach BUSHCAT · West Palm Beach, FL · February 22, 2016

Date
February 22, 2016 · 17:30 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N321WL
Reported as
Rainbow Skyreach Bushcat
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
886 total87 in this make and model18 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.

Pilot was flying Bushcat N321WL, a light sport aircraft at Palm Beach north county F45 airport and landed on runway 13. After landing the pilot felt a hard pull to the right and the plane was not reacting to the controls. The pilot pulled off the active runway and the nose gear had folded over causing the prop hit the pavment.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING BUSHCAT N321WL, A LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT AT PALM BEACH NORTH COUNTY F45 AIRPORT AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 13. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT FELT A HARD PULL TO THE RIGHT AND THE PLANE WAS NOT REACTING TO THE CONTROLS. THE PILOT PULLED OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR HAD FOLDED OVER CAUSING THE PROP HIT THE PAVMENT.

Other reports on N321WL · 1

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