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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Navmar Applied Sciences TIGERSHARK · Rome, NY · March 26, 2019

Date
March 26, 2019 · 16:47 local
Place
Rome, NY
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1740X
Reported as
Navmar Applied Sciences Tigershark
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

privacy data omitted UAV N1740X was conducting test flights at rme privacy data omitted operated by PIC privacy data omitted during automated landing N1740X made a hard landing resulting in right m/l/g strut failure and left wing contact with runway. Rme tower was contacted and runway was closed to allow for removal of the UAV and debris from the runway. Operation was conducted under UAS test site coa.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UAV N1740X WAS CONDUCTING TEST FLIGHTS AT RME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED BY PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING AUTOMATED LANDING N1740X MADE A HARD LANDING RESULTING IN RIGHT M/L/G STRUT FAILURE AND LEFT WING CONTACT WITH RUNWAY. RME TOWER WAS CONTACTED AND RUNWAY WAS CLOSED TO ALLOW FOR REMOVAL OF THE UAV AND DEBRIS FROM THE RUNWAY. OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED UNDER UAS TEST SITE COA.