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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Wellington Leslie J WAIEX B · Eugene, OR · October 15, 2019

Date
October 15, 2019 · 10:50 local
Place
Eugene, OR
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N315LW
Reported as
Wellington Leslie J Waiex B
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,931 total42 in this make and model71 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.

During landing pilot executed three point touchdown. Aircraft was not parallel direction of flight causing a significant side load on the landing gear. Pilot applied left ruder inducing a yaw left. Pilot overcompensated with right pedal after ground contact. During rollout nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING PILOT EXECUTED THREE POINT TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PARALLEL DIRECTION OF FLIGHT CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT SIDE LOAD ON THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDER INDUCING A YAW LEFT. PILOT OVERCOMPENSATED WITH RIGHT PEDAL AFTER GROUND CONTACT. DURING ROLLOUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.