20170515021369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Carswell Joseph ALLEGRO 2000 · Liberty, TX · May 15, 2017

Date
May 15, 2017 · 11:00 local
Place
Liberty, TX
Airport
Liberty Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N433FA
Reported as
Carswell Joseph Allegro 2000
Reported engine
ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
84 total84 in this make and model

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.

The aircraft was landing southbound on runway 16. The pilot stated that he touchdown the right gear (MLG) first. The left side then touchdown hard because of a gust of wind and the wheel-strut assyembly came off. The plane left the runway eastbound and came to rest facing north on the east side of the runway. The plane sustained damage to its left wheel and strut, front wheel fork and too, the left wing tip and light.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING SOUTHBOUND ON RUNWAY 16. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT GEAR (MLG) FIRST. THE LEFT SIDE THEN TOUCHDOWN HARD BECAUSE OF A GUST OF WIND AND THE WHEEL-STRUT ASSYEMBLY CAME OFF. THE PLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY EASTBOUND AND CAME TO REST FACING NORTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WHEEL AND STRUT, FRONT WHEEL FORK AND TOO, THE LEFT WING TIP AND LIGHT.