# Incident 20210717010809I: Mut Henry R T-51D, Eagle Lake, TX, July 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2021, 19:40 local time
- Place: Eagle Lake, TX
- Airport: Eagle Lake Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6000° N, 96.3219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE LAKE (ELA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6000&lon=-96.3219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N151CM-2023-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mut Henry R T-51D (registry code 05639F1, https://openairdocs.org/model/mut-henry-r-t-51d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GM LS3 (registry code 30905, https://openairdocs.org/engine/gm-ls3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MUT HENRY R T-51D
- Reported engine: GM LS3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,146 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210717010809I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

N151CM FLIGHT WITH 01 PILOT ONBOARD ORIGINATING FROM FAIR WEATHER FIELD (TX42), BROOKSHIRE, TX, LANDED RUNWAY 17 EAGLE LAKE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KELA), EAGLE LAKE, TX.  APPROXIMATELY 1,000-FEET AFTER LANDING, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  RIGHT WING IMPACTED RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT, DEPARTED RUNWAY, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A SHALLOW DITCH APPROXIMATELY 50-FEET OFF OF THE RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.  VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDES:  DAMAGE TO ALL FOUR PROPELLER BLADES WITH ONE BROKEN OFF AT THE SPINNER; DAMAGE TO LOWER SKIN OF NOSE SECTION WHICH EXTENDS FROM ENGINE INTAKE (BELOW SPINNER) TO THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS; DAMAGE TO LOWER WING-TO-FUSELAGE TRANSITION FAIRING; DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS INTAKE SCOOP ON UNDERSIDE OF AFT FUSELAGE; LANDING LIGHT INSIDE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL OUT OF HOUSING; LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN-LOCK CAM SHEARED; LEFT WING FLAP HINGES APPEAR BENT; RIGHT WING FIBERGLASS WING TIP HAS SCRAPE DAMAGE; PITOT TUBE ON RIGHT WING BROKEN; RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR FORWARD LEADING EDGE CORNER BENT (NEAR TIRE); SLIGHT DAMAGE/BENDING OF LOWER FIREWALL.

## Other reports on N151CM (1)

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

- [Accident 20220424005769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220424005769A), Apr 24, 2022: Mut Henry R T-51D (N151CM), Perry, FL, Substantial damage. On April 24, 2022, at 1320 EDT or 1720Z, N151CM, amateur built Mut Henry R T-51D, [privacy data omitted], was involved in an accident when trying to land at…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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