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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Barney Robert James VANS RV4 · Plymouth, MI · October 14, 2019

Date
October 14, 2019 · 15:45 local
Place
Plymouth, MI
Airport
Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N59RB
Reported as
Barney Robert James Vans RV4
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
121 total40 in this make and model16 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.

Long landing in 90 degree crosswind, forced aircraft off runway hitting VASI light.

As the FAA filed it

LONG LANDING IN 90 DEGREE CROSSWIND, FORCED AIRCRAFT OFF RUNWAY HITTING VASI LIGHT.