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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-5-235C · Heber Springs, AR · June 1, 2017

Date
June 1, 2017 · 21:45 local
Place
Heber Springs, AR
Airport
Heber Springs Municipal Airpor
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N555AR
Reported as
Maule M-5-235C
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
13,195 total77 in this make and model5 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 6/01/2017 at 2145 CDT, N555AR, a Maule M05-235C aircraft registered to keller crop surveillance LLC and operated by a commercial pilot; pilot was landing RWY23L @ khbz (Heber Springs, AR) encountered landing light malfunctions (circuit breaker disengaging each time it was reset) and during third attempt at landing aircraft landed hard striking prop. The aircraft propeller sustained minor damage no other noted damage to the aircraft. This flight was conducted under IFR conditions, no flight plan was initiated. The flight originated at 5AR7 (weiner, AR). The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON 6/01/2017 AT 2145 CDT, N555AR, A MAULE M05-235C AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO KELLER CROP SURVEILLANCE LLC AND OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT; PILOT WAS LANDING RWY23L @ KHBZ (HEBER SPRINGS, AR) ENCOUNTERED LANDING LIGHT MALFUNCTIONS (CIRCUIT BREAKER DISENGAGING EACH TIME IT WAS RESET) AND DURING THIRD ATTEMPT AT LANDING AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD STRIKING PROP. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE NO OTHER NOTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER IFR CONDITIONS, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS INITIATED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 5AR7 (WEINER, AR). THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.