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FAA incident report · Johnson Albert A JR MARQUART MA-5 · Chester, CT · August 9, 2016

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Date
August 9, 2016 · 15:00 local
Place
Chester, CT
Airport
Chester
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N357AJ
Reported as
Johnson Albert A JR Marquart MA-5
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
N357AJRegistration cancelled Aug 18, 2023 · Johnson Albert A JR MARQUART MA-5S/N 0059 · Built 2011Airframe modelJohnson Albert A JR MARQUART MA-5Engine modelLycoming O-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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This inspector contacted the airman and arranged to meet him at Chester Airport, August 15, 2016. The aircraft sustained minor damage during a landing incident. The damage was confined to the left main landing gear, nose cowling, and propeller.

According to the airman during his final approach and landing on runway 17 at snc, he encountered turbulence, and a large downdraft just as he was crossing the approach end of the runway. The resulting increased rate of decent caused the left main landing gear to strike one of the runway end lights. Contact with the light, bent the left main landing gear assembly. Once the aircraft touched down, it began to yaw to the left due to the bent landing gear however, the pilot had enough aerodynamic control to overcome this yawing tendency. As the airspeed decreased there was no longer adequate aerodynamic authority to overcome the left yawing tendency, and the aircraft departed the paved runway surface to the left. As the aircraft came to a stop it nosed over, onto the prop and front engine cowling, resulting in prop and engine cowl damage.

As the FAA filed it

THIS INSPECTOR CONTACTED THE AIRMAN AND ARRANGED TO MEET HIM AT CHESTER AIRPORT, AUGUST 15, 2016. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A LANDING INCIDENT. THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, NOSE COWLING, AND PROPELLER.

ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN DURING HIS FINAL APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT SNC, HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, AND A LARGE DOWNDRAFT JUST AS HE WAS CROSSING THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE RESULTING INCREASED RATE OF DECENT CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO STRIKE ONE OF THE RUNWAY END LIGHTS. CONTACT WITH THE LIGHT, BENT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT BEGAN TO YAW TO THE LEFT DUE TO THE BENT LANDING GEAR HOWEVER, THE PILOT HAD ENOUGH AERODYNAMIC CONTROL TO OVERCOME THIS YAWING TENDENCY. AS THE AIRSPEED DECREASED THERE WAS NO LONGER ADEQUATE AERODYNAMIC AUTHORITY TO OVERCOME THE LEFT YAWING TENDENCY, AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED RUNWAY SURFACE TO THE LEFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IT NOSED OVER, ONTO THE PROP AND FRONT ENGINE COWLING, RESULTING IN PROP AND ENGINE COWL DAMAGE.