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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Vodochody L39C · Leesburg, FL · March 21, 2016

Date
March 21, 2016 · 17:00 local
Place
Leesburg, FL
Airport
Leesburg International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N139LS
Reported as
Aero Vodochody L39C
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,970 total200 in this make and model49 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 stated during his final stage of landing flare on runway 31, at Leesburg airport, he realized the landing gear was not extended and decided to implement a go around, but the airplane contacted the runway briefly causing grinding damage to two radio antennas, severe skin delamination to both flaps and, more extensive damage to both speed brakes and their mounting brackets. He successfully completed a go around with the assistance from the tower due to the loss of the antennas. The PIC could hear the tower and they provided instructions for his return to land. The aircrafts flight behavior was fine as well as the engine parameters observed during flight. A normal landing was performed and visual inspections were performed with no further damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED DURING HIS FINAL STAGE OF LANDING FLARE ON RUNWAY 31, AT LEESBURG AIRPORT, HE REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED AND DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT A GO AROUND, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY BRIEFLY CAUSING GRINDING DAMAGE TO TWO RADIO ANTENNAS, SEVERE SKIN DELAMINATION TO BOTH FLAPS AND, MORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BOTH SPEED BRAKES AND THEIR MOUNTING BRACKETS. HE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A GO AROUND WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE TOWER DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE ANTENNAS. THE PIC COULD HEAR THE TOWER AND THEY PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS FOR HIS RETURN TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFTS FLIGHT BEHAVIOR WAS FINE AS WELL AS THE ENGINE PARAMETERS OBSERVED DURING FLIGHT. A NORMAL LANDING WAS PERFORMED AND VISUAL INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.