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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L · St. Augustine, FL · November 20, 2019

Date: November 20, 2019 · 15:16 local
Place: St. Augustine, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N451EF
Reported as: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,150 total

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.

The aircraft was practicing touch and go landings. After the final full stop landing and taxiing off the runway while on the taxiway the left hand landing gear clamp broke because the landing gear 'u' spring splintered. The aircraft veered to the left and the left aileron touched the ground causing minor scrapes to its surface. The taxi speed of the aircraft was less than 8 knots according to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. AFTER THE FINAL FULL STOP LANDING AND TAXIING OFF THE RUNWAY WHILE ON THE TAXIWAY THE LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR CLAMP BROKE BECAUSE THE LANDING GEAR 'U' SPRING SPLINTERED. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE LEFT AILERON TOUCHED THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR SCRAPES TO ITS SURFACE. THE TAXI SPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LESS THAN 8 KNOTS ACCORDING TO THE PILOT.