# Incident 20180417003779I: Honda Aircraft Company HA-420, Harlan, IA, April 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2018, 17:30 local time
- Place: Harlan, IA
- Airport: Harlan Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5844° N, 95.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARLAN MUNI (HNR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5844&lon=-95.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166HJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N166HJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Honda HA-420 (registry code 4400000, https://openairdocs.org/model/honda-ha-420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE Honda HF-120 (registry code 30200, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-honda-hf-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HONDA AIRCRAFT COMPANY HA-420
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,870 total, 134 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180417003779I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 15.  WIND ACCORDING TO ON BOARD INSTRUMENTATION WAS 080 AT 11 GUSTING TO 18.  PILOT ALSO STATED THAT WIND ACCORDING TO LOCAL AWOS WAS 110 AT 11 GUSTING TO 18.  AN EYEWITNESS STATED THAT N166HJ DID NOT TOUCH DOWN UNTIL THE MID POINT OF RUNWAY 15.  THE SKID MARK ON THE RUNWAY SHOWS THAT ONLY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD LOCKED.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 15 AND SKIDDED ACROSS THE GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY DIGGING FURROWS IN THE GRASS.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY BREAKING THE WHEEL AND THE SEAL IN THE LANDING GEAR STRUT.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY AND CONTINUED ON THROUGH THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND THE RAMP AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RAMP AND THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND TAXIED TO THE FUEL PUMPS.  THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE HAD TO APPLY MORE POWER THAN NORMAL TO TAXI.  THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED TO SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE RUNWAY, THE GRASSY AREAS, THE TAXIWAY, AND THE RAMP AREA

## Other reports on N166HJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20191007014389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191007014389A), Oct 7, 2019: Honda Aircraft Co LLC HA-420 (N166HJ), Charleston, SC, Substantial damage. N166HJ was on approach to Charleston airport (chs) runway 3 and reported unsafe nose gear. The tower could not confirm the nose gear down. The aircraft landed…

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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