20200326004889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Flight Design CTLS · Georgetown, KY · March 26, 2020

Date
March 26, 2020 · 18:30 local
Place
Georgetown, KY
Airport
Georgetown Scott County - Mars
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N890YB
Reported as
Flight Design Ctls
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
227 total81 in this make and model4 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.

After competing two full stop landings and upon landing for the third time a wind gust pushed the aircraft into a runway light. The light deflected into the undercarriage damaging the composite structure. The airport was closed, but the pilot notified airport management the next morning. The airport manager took the name and number of the pilot and said they would contact him, if necessary. Upon aircraft check-in, the pilot recorded the incident into the owner?s computer database and grounded the aircraft. Immediately after check-in the pilot also called the owner and left a voice mail message of the incident ensuring the aircraft was grounded.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER COMPETING TWO FULL STOP LANDINGS AND UPON LANDING FOR THE THIRD TIME A WIND GUST PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE LIGHT DEFLECTED INTO THE UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGING THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE. THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED, BUT THE PILOT NOTIFIED AIRPORT MANAGEMENT THE NEXT MORNING. THE AIRPORT MANAGER TOOK THE NAME AND NUMBER OF THE PILOT AND SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM, IF NECESSARY. UPON AIRCRAFT CHECK-IN, THE PILOT RECORDED THE INCIDENT INTO THE OWNER?S COMPUTER DATABASE AND GROUNDED THE AIRCRAFT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER CHECK-IN THE PILOT ALSO CALLED THE OWNER AND LEFT A VOICE MAIL MESSAGE OF THE INCIDENT ENSURING THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.