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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mark M Miller ZODIAC 650-B · Omaha, NE · July 27, 2018

Date
July 27, 2018 · 11:45 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Millard
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N650NU
Reported as
Mark M Miller Zodiac 650-B
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
85 total18 in this make and model2 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.

-Pilot reported flying approach low, slow, underpowered, and stalled short of the runway.

-Aircraft first impact point was approximately 112 feet before runway threshold in unmowed grass area.

-Second impact point was approximately 90 feet before runway threshold in unmowed grass area. (Evidence of wheel marks in grass begin at this point).

-Single detached propeller blade found near second impact point.

-Aircraft damaged 3 airfield lights and came to rest in mowed grass area beside runway approximately 53 feet after threshold.

-Pilot received minor injuries.

-Aircraft sustained minor damage to include:

1) A collapsed nose gear

2) Propeller blade damage

3) Propeller spinner damage

4) Engine cowling damage

5) Right hand wing leading edge damage

As the FAA filed it

-PILOT REPORTED FLYING APPROACH LOW, SLOW, UNDERPOWERED, AND STALLED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

-AIRCRAFT FIRST IMPACT POINT WAS APPROXIMATELY 112 FEET BEFORE RUNWAY THRESHOLD IN UNMOWED GRASS AREA.

-SECOND IMPACT POINT WAS APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET BEFORE RUNWAY THRESHOLD IN UNMOWED GRASS AREA. (EVIDENCE OF WHEEL MARKS IN GRASS BEGIN AT THIS POINT).

-SINGLE DETACHED PROPELLER BLADE FOUND NEAR SECOND IMPACT POINT.

-AIRCRAFT DAMAGED 3 AIRFIELD LIGHTS AND CAME TO REST IN MOWED GRASS AREA BESIDE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 53 FEET AFTER THRESHOLD.

-PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

-AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO INCLUDE:

1) A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR

2) PROPELLER BLADE DAMAGE

3) PROPELLER SPINNER DAMAGE

4) ENGINE COWLING DAMAGE

5) RIGHT HAND WING LEADING EDGE DAMAGE