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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Graff/Rezabek J/Rezabek S STEEN SKYBOLT · Fort Collins, CO · July 4, 2020

Date
July 4, 2020 · 13:30 local
Place
Fort Collins, CO
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N99GR
Reported as
Graff/Rezabek J/Rezabek S Steen Skybolt
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
975 total150 in this make and model20 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.

On July 04, 2020, at approximately 13:30 hours local, this aircraft in cruise flight experienced a propeller blade failure. The pilot immediately shutdown the engine and landed the aircraft without power at CO55 airfield. On short final the aircraft landing gear support bracket contacted a fence post resulting in main landing gear collapse upon ground contact. The two soles on board reported no injury and did not need any medical attention. Investigation revealed minor / less than substantial damage therefore this was determined to be an aircraft incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 04, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:30 HOURS LOCAL, THIS AIRCRAFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER BLADE FAILURE. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT POWER AT CO55 AIRFIELD. ON SHORT FINAL THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SUPPORT BRACKET CONTACTED A FENCE POST RESULTING IN MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE UPON GROUND CONTACT. THE TWO SOLES ON BOARD REPORTED NO INJURY AND DID NOT NEED ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION. INVESTIGATION REVEALED MINOR / LESS THAN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE THEREFORE THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT.

Other reports on N99GR · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.