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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Craig Wheeler CLASSIC 2020 · Yellow Pine, ID · September 4, 2019

Date
September 4, 2019 · 10:00 local
Place
Yellow Pine, ID
Airport
Johnson Creek
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54RM
Reported as
Craig Wheeler Classic 2020
Reported engine
Lycoming YIO-390 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,356 total210 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilotprivacy data omitted stated that while landing at Johnson Creek (3U2) he lined up for a landing on runway 17. Just before touchdown the aircraft suddenly "quit flying" and landed hard. He stated he tried to add power but it was too late to correct the sink rate and subsequent hard landing. He also stated the engine was running fine and had no anomalies.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT WHILE LANDING AT JOHNSON CREEK (3U2) HE LINED UP FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 17. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY "QUIT FLYING" AND LANDED HARD. HE STATED HE TRIED TO ADD POWER BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO CORRECT THE SINK RATE AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING. HE ALSO STATED THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE AND HAD NO ANOMALIES.