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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 65-CA · Pawtucket, RI · July 21, 2018

Date
July 21, 2018 · 10:20 local
Place
Pawtucket, RI
Airport
North Central State
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31391
Reported as
Aeronca 65-CA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
680 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.

Pilot reported that a wind gust occurred during landing and that led to him landing harder than normal, causing the gear to collapse.

Pilot also reported that he received AWOS and that it's frequently incorrect. He stated the winds were vrb.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT A WIND GUST OCCURRED DURING LANDING AND THAT LED TO HIM LANDING HARDER THAN NORMAL, CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT HE RECEIVED AWOS AND THAT IT'S FREQUENTLY INCORRECT. HE STATED THE WINDS WERE VRB.