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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Romano Charles RV-6 · Mountain View, AR · February 8, 2017

Date
February 8, 2017 · 17:00 local
Place
Mountain View, AR
Airport
Wilcox Memorial Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N37CR
Reported as
Romano Charles RV-6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
594 total157 in this make and model35 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.

On 2/08/2017 at 1700 CDT, N37CR, a RV-6 experimental operating amateur built aircraft registered to skyline auto sales, LLC and operated by a private pilot ; pilot was landing RWY27@ 72M (Mountain View, AR) encountered strong wind gust and aircraft landed hard breaking left main gear and striking prop. The aircraft sustained minor damage to underside of left wing of aircraft and propeller. This flight was conducted under day VFR conditions, no flight plan was initiated. The flight originated at 42A (melbourne, AR). The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON 2/08/2017 AT 1700 CDT, N37CR, A RV-6 EXPERIMENTAL OPERATING AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO SKYLINE AUTO SALES, LLC AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT ; PILOT WAS LANDING RWY27@ 72M (MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR) ENCOUNTERED STRONG WIND GUST AND AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD BREAKING LEFT MAIN GEAR AND STRIKING PROP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF LEFT WING OF AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER. THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER DAY VFR CONDITIONS, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS INITIATED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 42A (MELBOURNE, AR). THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.