37.9577° N, 121.2908° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 23, 2016 · 11:00 local
Place
Stockton, CA
Airport
Stockton
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
G-LGEZ
Reported as
Experimental Elliott PC Rutan LONG-EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
767 in this make and model
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 performing aircraft landing at Stockton, CA. On touch down the main gear assembly broken off in one piece from fuselage from hard landing or fatigued gear mount subassembly. No injuries to pilot or his wife.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS PERFORMING AIRCRAFT LANDING AT STOCKTON, CA. ON TOUCH DOWN THE MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY BROKEN OFF IN ONE PIECE FROM FUSELAGE FROM HARD LANDING OR FATIGUED GEAR MOUNT SUBASSEMBLY. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR HIS WIFE.