20190402015449A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Berkey Gary S-6ES · Lafe, AR · April 2, 2019

Date
April 2, 2019 · 17:31 local
Place
Lafe, AR
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N265GB
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN19LA116
Reported as
Berkey Gary S-6ES
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
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.

On April 2nd 2019, a non-certificated airmen with a denied medical dated 08/30/1994 flying an experimental ameture built S-6ES crashed during landing. Airmen approached a grass strip low and struck the main landing gear to a fence row, tearing off the left main gear causing the prop to strike the ground and bend the left wing up, bending the wing spar resulting in substantial damage. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 2ND 2019, A NON-CERTIFICATED AIRMEN WITH A DENIED MEDICAL DATED 08/30/1994 FLYING AN EXPERIMENTAL AMETURE BUILT S-6ES CRASHED DURING LANDING. AIRMEN APPROACHED A GRASS STRIP LOW AND STRUCK THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO A FENCE ROW, TEARING OFF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND BEND THE LEFT WING UP, BENDING THE WING SPAR RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.