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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Billmayer James Jay Jungmeister · Ottumwa, IA · August 31, 2019

Date: August 31, 2019 · 11:15 local
Place: Ottumwa, IA
Airport: Ottumwa Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N133BE
Reported as: Billmayer James Jay Jungmeister
Reported engine: Aerosport IO-375M1S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,134 total650 in this make and model57 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

The pilot attempted a landing on runway 36 at antique airfield (IA27) in blakesburg Iowa. The pilot aborted landing after a hard touchdown and was able to get the aircraft airborne again. The pilot suspected damage to the landing gear due to hard landing. The damage was verified by a low pass flyby and another aircraft was also sent up to verify the landing gear was damaged.

The pilot decided to divert to the Ottumwa airport (otm) where emergency services are available. The pilot attempted to land in the grass parallel to runway 04. When the right landing gear touched down the aircraft nosed over and came to rest upside down.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT ANTIQUE AIRFIELD (IA27) IN BLAKESBURG IOWA. THE PILOT ABORTED LANDING AFTER A HARD TOUCHDOWN AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE PILOT SUSPECTED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR DUE TO HARD LANDING. THE DAMAGE WAS VERIFIED BY A LOW PASS FLYBY AND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS ALSO SENT UP TO VERIFY THE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED.

THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO THE OTTUMWA AIRPORT (OTM) WHERE EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN THE GRASS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 04. WHEN THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.