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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Vance-Hamm GLASAIR · Van Nuys, CA · February 12, 2018

Date: February 12, 2018 · 12:02 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N74CN
Reported as: Vance-Hamm Glasair
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N74CNRegistered now · Vance-Hamm GLASAIRS/N 201 · Built 1984 Airframe modelVance-Hamm GLASAIR Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

A 1984 Glasair, experimental aircraft, had two unsafe main gear lights and a safe nosewheel light. The pilot and CFI cycled the gear and with no improvement. After tower said the gear looked down, they landed and upon the nosewheel touching the ground the aircraft swerved left. It departed the runway, did a slight bounce and the right gear sheared off. There was no prop damage.

As the FAA filed it

A 1984 GLASAIR, EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, HAD TWO UNSAFE MAIN GEAR LIGHTS AND A SAFE NOSEWHEEL LIGHT. THE PILOT AND CFI CYCLED THE GEAR AND WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. AFTER TOWER SAID THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN, THEY LANDED AND UPON THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHING THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT. IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, DID A SLIGHT BOUNCE AND THE RIGHT GEAR SHEARED OFF. THERE WAS NO PROP DAMAGE.