# Incident 20210717010829I: Culver LFA, Grants Pass, OR, July 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2021, 18:30 local time
- Place: Grants Pass, OR
- Airport: Grants Pass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5101° N, 123.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANTS PASS (3S8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5101&lon=-123.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34890, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34890) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Culver LFA (registry code 8730204, https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lfa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CULVER LFA
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210717010829I

## Narrative

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

N34890 WAS EN-ROUTE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO WASHINGTON STATE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LAST TAKEN OFF FROM WEED, CA (O46) AND WAS PREPARING TO LAND AT GRANT PASS AIRPORT (3S8) AT GRANTS PASS, OR.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UN-FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AND FLEW OVER IT TO OBSERVE THE RUNWAY AND WINDS. THE PILOT OBSERVED THE WIND SOCK INDICATING AN 8-10 KNOT RIGHT HAND CROSSWIND. THEN THE PILOT THEN MADE AN APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 31. INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY RESULTED IN A BOUNCE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AFTER ANOTHER BOUNCE. ON ROLLOUT THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE CROSSWIND HAD CHANGED TO A LEFT HAND CROSS WIND WITH THE WIND SOCK FULLY EXTENDED. AS THE PILOT MADE THE TURN FOR THE FIRST TURN OUT HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS FIGHTING THE CROSSWIND AS HE MADE THE TURN. THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THE LEFT HAND WING WAS DOWN AND THE LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FORWARD OF THE WING AT AN ANGLE, NOT PERPENDICULAR TO THE WING AS IT SHOULD BE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TAXI OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS ABLE TO GET HELP FROM SOMEONE AT THE AIRPORT TO ASSIST THEM IN GETTING THE AIRCRAFT MOVED OFF OF THE TAXI WAY AND SECURED ON THE RAMP.

PICTURES RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE SHOW A BROKEN FITTING WHERE THE BOLT SECURING AN INNER SHAFT OF THE LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY TO THE FITTING WAS PULLED OUT TEARING THE METAL OF THE FITTING WITH THE BOLT. THAT ALLOWED THE LANDING GEAR TO MOVE FORWARD FROM ITS PERPENDICULAR POSITION WHEN EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N34890 (1)

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

- [Incident 20210603006569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210603006569I), Jun 3, 2021: Culver LFA (N34890), Compton, CA, Minor damage. On June 03, 2021 a Culver cadet, N34890, (pending) registration to [privacy data omitted], experienced a left and right landing gear collapse after landing 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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