What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On approach to El Monte Airport, tower cleared aircraft N58646 for landing on runway 010; pilot inadvertently passed the runway centerline, flared up and the plane dropped several feet with a hard landing.
Initial an occurrence as blown tire, on hard landing. Upgraded 5/11/2016 to incident.
The hard landing caused the landing gear linkage to break; nose gear lower fitting attaching part and engine firewall attach point were also damaged during impact. As pilot stated there were no landing gear mechanical or any other mechanical problem prior to landing.
No passengers at the time of the incident and pilot was not injured.
As the FAA filed it
ON APPROACH TO EL MONTE AIRPORT, TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT N58646 FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 010; PILOT INADVERTENTLY PASSED THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, FLARED UP AND THE PLANE DROPPED SEVERAL FEET WITH A HARD LANDING.
INITIAL AN OCCURRENCE AS BLOWN TIRE, ON HARD LANDING. UPGRADED 5/11/2016 TO INCIDENT.
THE HARD LANDING CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR LINKAGE TO BREAK; NOSE GEAR LOWER FITTING ATTACHING PART AND ENGINE FIREWALL ATTACH POINT WERE ALSO DAMAGED DURING IMPACT. AS PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO LANDING GEAR MECHANICAL OR ANY OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEM PRIOR TO LANDING.
NO PASSENGERS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.
Other reports on N58646 · 1
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