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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Matthews W P/Mullins J W HARMON ROCKET II · Ketchum, OK · July 3, 2016

Date: July 3, 2016 · 19:00 local
Place: Ketchum, OK
Airport: South Grand Lake Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N73MM
Reported as: Matthews W P/Mullins J W Harmon Rocket II
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N73MMRegistered now · Matthews W P/Mullins J W HARMON ROCKET IIS/N 51 · Built 2003 Airframe modelMatthews W P/Mullins J W HARMON ROCKET II Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July, 03 2016, about 19:00 central daylight time, a Matthews W P/Mullins J W, model: Harmon Rocket II, N73MM, an experimental / amateur built aircraft while landing it encountered strong and gusty crosswind condition. The aircraft was pushed of the runway and came to rest on densely populated vegetation. The pilot sole occupant of the airplane was uninjured, the aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY, 03 2016, ABOUT 19:00 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MATTHEWS W P/MULLINS J W, MODEL: HARMON ROCKET II, N73MM, AN EXPERIMENTAL / AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT WHILE LANDING IT ENCOUNTERED STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST ON DENSELY POPULATED VEGETATION. THE PILOT SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS UNINJURED, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.