20181024020789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Griffin James A GLASAIR III · South Haven, MI · October 24, 2018

Date: October 24, 2018 · 21:10 local
Place: South Haven, MI
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4PY
Reported as: Griffin James A Glasair III
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N4PYRegistered now · Griffin James A GLASAIR IIIS/N 3046 · Built 1993 Airframe modelGriffin James A GLASAIR III Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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 October 24, 2018, about 1910 EDT (during twilight), an experimental amateur built model Glasair III collided with a deer during landing rollout, collapsing the right main gear. The airplane veered off the runway striking a runway edge light, then came to rest about 20 feet off the runway. The right main gear, right flap and right wingtip were damaged. The registered owner, pilot and sole occupant was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 24, 2018, ABOUT 1910 EDT (DURING TWILIGHT), AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT MODEL GLASAIR III COLLIDED WITH A DEER DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT, THEN CAME TO REST ABOUT 20 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, RIGHT FLAP AND RIGHT WINGTIP WERE DAMAGED. THE REGISTERED OWNER, PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED.