# Incident 20170404003369I: Lambing John C SONEX, Willmar, MN, April 4, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2017, 09:00 local time
- Place: Willmar, MN
- Airport: Willmar Municipal-John L Rice Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1170° N, 95.1293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLMAR MUNI/JOHN L RICE FLD (BDH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1170&lon=-95.1293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3677F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3677F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lambing John C SONEX (registry code 05625I1, https://openairdocs.org/model/lambing-john-c-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeroconver AEROVEE (registry code 01401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeroconver-aerovee) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAMBING JOHN C SONEX
- Reported engine: AEROCONVER AEROVEE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 856 total, 153 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170404003369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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 20090603008489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090603008489I), Jun 3, 2009: Amtr SONEX (N3677F), Willmar, MN, No damage. (-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…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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