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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · David L King CALIDUS · Toughkenamon, PA · November 23, 2019

Date
November 23, 2019 · 14:00 local
Place
Toughkenamon, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N772Z
Reported as
David L King Calidus
Reported engine
ROTAX 914UL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total15 in this make and model26 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.

While landing runway 24 at N57 the touchdown was normal. However during rollout the aircraft pitched right and the main rotors struck the runway and the aircraft departed the paved surface and went down an embankment.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 24 AT N57 THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL. HOWEVER DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED RIGHT AND THE MAIN ROTORS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.