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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lambing John C SONEX · Willmar, MN · April 4, 2017

Date: April 4, 2017 · 09:00 local
Place: Willmar, MN
Airport: Willmar Municipal-John L Rice Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3677F
Reported as: Lambing John C Sonex
Reported engine: Aeroconver AEROVEE
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 856 total153 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N3677FRegistered now · Lambing John C SONEXS/N 0498 · Built 2008 Airframe modelLambing John C SONEX Engine modelAeroconver AEROVEEReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot was performing pattern operations at Willmar municipal airport Minnesota. When winds shifted and became gusty, pilot elected to full stop landing and change landing runway to turf runway to correspond to the winds. Pilot touched down on crossing asphalt runway and aircraft bounced. Aircraft impacted ground hard and nose gear bent under the aircraft. Propeller and nose cowling impacted the ground and aircraft came to a stop in approximately 150 feet. Pilot exited the aircraft with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PERFORMING PATTERN OPERATIONS AT WILLMAR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MINNESOTA. WHEN WINDS SHIFTED AND BECAME GUSTY, PILOT ELECTED TO FULL STOP LANDING AND CHANGE LANDING RUNWAY TO TURF RUNWAY TO CORRESPOND TO THE WINDS. PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON CROSSING ASPHALT RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND HARD AND NOSE GEAR BENT UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. PROPELLER AND NOSE COWLING IMPACTED THE GROUND AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N3677F · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20090603008489ICruise/Level Flight · Willmar, MN(-23) Pilot departed wilmar airport on an evening flight in his experimental Sonex aircraft. While flying se of the airport the engine suddenly quit. Prior to failure all engine indications appeared normal. Pilot was able to restart the engine but it was…Jun 3, 2009 · No damage