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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · American Legend AL11 · Lafayette, GA · July 3, 2018

Date
July 3, 2018 · 14:00 local
Place
Lafayette, GA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N149MR
Reported as
American Legend AL11
Reported engine
Continental O-200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
615 total200 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

Runway 20 winds were out of 210 at 4 KTS. The aircraft encountered a gust of wind from his right that introduced an immediate right yaw (tail wheel aircraft). The pilot tried to correct but did not have enough time. The aircraft veered right off the runway. The right wing struck objects along the railroad tracks. Other damage sustained from gravel imbankment and pot holes.

As the FAA filed it

RUNWAY 20 WINDS WERE OUT OF 210 AT 4 KTS. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND FROM HIS RIGHT THAT INTRODUCED AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT YAW (TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT). THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK OBJECTS ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS. OTHER DAMAGE SUSTAINED FROM GRAVEL IMBANKMENT AND POT HOLES.