# Incident 20180303001399I: Just Aircraft LLC HIGHLANDER, Chehalis, WA, March 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2018, 12:30 local time
- Place: Chehalis, WA
- Airport: Chehalis-Centralia Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6770° N, 122.9827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHEHALIS-CENTRALIA (CLS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6770&lon=-122.9827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N419SD-2023-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Just HIGHLANDER (registry code 05901Z3, https://openairdocs.org/model/just-highlander) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JUST AIRCRAFT LLC HIGHLANDER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180303001399I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 3, 2018, AT ABOUT 1230 PST, A JUST AIRCRAFT LLC  OPERATED UNDER FAR PART 91 FLEW FROM EAGLES NEST, OREGON (OR65) TO CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON (CLS) AND PROCEEDED TO LAND AT RUNWAY 34 AT CHEHALIS-CENTRALIA AIRPORT. PIC STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO FLY A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH ON RUNWAY 34 AND IN AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE HIS FRIEND ON HOW TO PERFORM AN APPROACH AND LANDING MANEUVER, HE PLACED HER HAND ALONG WITH HIS ON THE STICK AND THROTTLE DURING LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE EYEWITNESS, A CESSNA 152 CAME IN AHEAD OF N419SD AND OBSERVED THAT IT HAD TROUBLE HOLDING THE WINGS LEVEL ON FINAL APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER N419SD WAS OBSERVED ON FINAL APPROACH, THE EYEWITNESS ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS HAVING TROUBLE HOLDING THE WINGS LEVEL IN THE SAME AREA WITH WING BANKS AS HIGH AS 30 DEGREES. THE PILOT NEVER REGAINED A STABLE APPROACH AND APPEARS TO BE TOO SLOW. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED BEFORE LANDING AND BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET. AT THE BOUNCE, THE WHEELS DID NOT CONTACT THE GROUND AT THE SAME TIME, THE RIGHT GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND IMMEDIATELY THE LEFT WINGTIP WAS UP AT APPROXIMATELY  45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE GROUND,  AND THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT CANTILEVERED UP AND THEN CAME DOWN ON THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING THE RIGHT GEAR. THE EYEWITNESS OBSERVED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND PROPELLER WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT RESTED ON THE RUNWAY FACING EAST. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N419SD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20210929016849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210929016849A), Sep 29, 2021: Just Aircraft LLC HIGHLANDER (N419SD), Ozark, AR, Substantial damage. On September 29, 2021 at 1400 CST, a Highlander, experimental-operating light sport aircraft by Just Aircraft LLC, N419SD, was practicing for a short take off…

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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