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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Laporte Craig R TAILWIND W-10 · Belleville, IL · July 12, 2019

Date: July 12, 2019 · 09:00 local
Place: Belleville, IL
Airport: Aero Estates
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N174LF
Reported as: Laporte Craig R Tailwind W-10
Reported engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,418 total34 in this make and model93 in the last 90 days

N174LFRegistered now · Laporte Craig R TAILWIND W-10S/N 03-1226 · Built 2009 Airframe modelLaporte Craig R TAILWIND W-10 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The airline transport rated pilot was unable to stop his high wing conventional landing gear airplane while landing on a 2500 foot grass private runway. The sky conditions were clear and winds were out of the east at 8 knots for the landing on runway 16.

The pilot reported a final approach speed of vref +10 to a three point landing. The aircraft floated more than expected during the landing. The pilot did not realize he was running out of runway due the limited forward visibility in the conventional landing gear aircraft. The main landing gear dropped into a shallow ditch at the end of the airstrip and the propeller struck the adjacent roadway.

The aircraft remained upright and the pilot sustained no injuries. The aircraft sustained damage to the left and right landing gear assemblies and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP HIS HIGH WING CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR AIRPLANE WHILE LANDING ON A 2500 FOOT GRASS PRIVATE RUNWAY. THE SKY CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND WINDS WERE OUT OF THE EAST AT 8 KNOTS FOR THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 16.

THE PILOT REPORTED A FINAL APPROACH SPEED OF VREF +10 TO A THREE POINT LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED MORE THAN EXPECTED DURING THE LANDING. THE PILOT DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY DUE THE LIMITED FORWARD VISIBILITY IN THE CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR AIRCRAFT. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DROPPED INTO A SHALLOW DITCH AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE ADJACENT ROADWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES AND PROPELLER.