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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Phoenix Air Sro U-15 PHOENIX · Kalispell, MT · July 19, 2019

Date: July 19, 2019 · 11:30 local
Place: Kalispell, MT
Airport: Kalispell City
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N44DY
Reported as: Phoenix Air Sro U-15 Phoenix
Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,516 total221 in this make and model126 in the last 90 days

N44DYRegistered now · Phoenix Air Sro U-15 PHOENIXS/N 02/U15 · Built 2010 Airframe modelPhoenix Air Sro U-15 PHOENIX Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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What happened

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

While landing on runway 31 at the Kalispell City Airport (KS27). Just prior to touch down N44DY encountered a cross wind gust coming from the west. Resulting it the right wing contacting the runway surface. PIC over corrected resulting in the left wing contacting the runway surface. N44DY settled abruptly onto runway 31, D44DY veered off the east side of the runway striking a combination runway edge light / taxiway light with its composite propeller and then the left main landing gear. Fracturing one propeller blade at the hub and separating the left main landing gear from the fuselage. N44DY came to rest on the taxiway facing the opposite direction of the attempted landing.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT THE KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT (KS27). JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN N44DY ENCOUNTERED A CROSS WIND GUST COMING FROM THE WEST. RESULTING IT THE RIGHT WING CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. PIC OVER CORRECTED RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. N44DY SETTLED ABRUPTLY ONTO RUNWAY 31, D44DY VEERED OFF THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A COMBINATION RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT / TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH ITS COMPOSITE PROPELLER AND THEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. FRACTURING ONE PROPELLER BLADE AT THE HUB AND SEPARATING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FROM THE FUSELAGE. N44DY CAME TO REST ON THE TAXIWAY FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE ATTEMPTED LANDING.