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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Langley James B LIGHNING · Hadley, PA · June 9, 2018

Date
June 9, 2018 · 08:45 local
Place
Hadley, PA
Airport
Fletcher
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N730AL
Reported as
Langley James B Lighning
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total

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 rollout, the aircraft failed to takeoff. The pilot aborted on a grass field resulting in the nose gear buckling and a prop strike in high grass (30 inches).

As the FAA filed it

ON ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ABORTED ON A GRASS FIELD RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR BUCKLING AND A PROP STRIKE IN HIGH GRASS (30 INCHES).

Other reports on N730AL · 1

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