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FAA accident report · Icon A5 · Chester, CT · November 1, 2019

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Date
November 1, 2019 · 19:44 local
Place
Chester, CT
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N59WE
Reported as
Icon A5
Reported engine
ROTAX 912 IS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,170 total72 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days
N59WERegistered now · Icon A5S/N 00035Airframe modelIcon A5Engine modelRotax 912 IS 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.

November 2, 2019, approximately 19:44 EDT, N59WE an Icon a 5, amphibian light sport aircraft serial number 00035, was on approach to Chester airport (snc), Chester, CT, to runway 17 when it came in contact with a tree at the approach end of the runway. The aircraft landed hard on the displaced threshold of the runway and immediately veered off the left side of the runway, dropped off a 3 ft retaining wall stopping on a paved area 2 feet from a hanger.

As the FAA filed it

NOVEMBER 2, 2019, APPROXIMATELY 19:44 EDT, N59WE AN ICON A 5, AMPHIBIAN LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER 00035, WAS ON APPROACH TO CHESTER AIRPORT (SNC), CHESTER, CT, TO RUNWAY 17 WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A TREE AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY AND IMMEDIATELY VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, DROPPED OFF A 3 FT RETAINING WALL STOPPING ON A PAVED AREA 2 FEET FROM A HANGER.