# Incident 20170821021239I: Brown John S6S, Jackson, MI, August 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2017, 15:58 local time
- Place: Jackson, MI
- Airport: Jackson County-Reynolds Field,
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2604° N, 84.4621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSON COUNTY/REYNOLDS FLD (JXN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2604&lon=-84.4621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N964SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N964SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brown John S6S (registry code 05611KP, https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-john-s6s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BROWN JOHN S6S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,545 total, 1 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170821021239I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 12, 2017, ABOUT 1604 LOCAL, N964SS, A S6S BROWN JOHN, EXPERIMENTAL FLOAT PLANE, WITH ONE PILOT AND NO PASSENGERS DEPARTED JACKSON COUNTY AIRPORT (KJXN) AND RETURNED TO KJXN. AT KJXN UPON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT CONTINUED TO RUNWAY TURN AROUND WHERE THE LOCAL FBO RAISED THE GEAR SUFFICIENT TO TAXI AIRCRAFT SAFELY BACK TO THE HANGAR.

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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