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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Howell Bob HOWELL SPECIAL · Minden, NV · May 27, 2016

Date
May 27, 2016 · 10:50 local
Place
Minden, NV
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4393H
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR16LA117
Reported as
Howell Bob Howell Special
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,231 total350 in this make and model19 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.

During landing the experimental aircraft, a Howell Special, had a collapse of the right main landing gear causing substantial damage to the aircrafts right wing and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, A HOWELL SPECIAL, HAD A COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.