# Incident 20220624011339I: Howard C Jacquart RV6A, Baldwin, MI, June 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2022, 12:00 local time
- Place: Baldwin, MI
- Airport: Baldwin Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8755° N, 85.8421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BALDWIN MUNI (7D3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8755&lon=-85.8421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N624XP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N624XP-2023-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Howard C Jacquart RV6A (registry code 05631T5, https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-c-jacquart-rv6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2A (registry code 42120, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOWARD C JACQUART RV6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 284 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220624011339I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/24/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 EDT, A HOWARD C JACQUART MODEL RV6A S/N 22369 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT BALDWIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (7D3). THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE MORNING FLIGHT ON 06/24/2022. THE WEATHER IN THE LOCAL AREA (KRQB) AT 1215 EDT REPORTED WINDS FROM 240 AT 7 KNOTS, VARIABLE WINDS FROM 190 TO 260 WITH NO GUSTS INDICATED. DURING THE LANDING AT 7D3 THE PILOT STATED, ?WHILE FLARING, AND WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN, A WIND GUST PICKED THE PLANE UP, WHEN IT RESETTLED IT GENTLY BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, I ADDED POWER TO ARREST DECENT, WHEN THE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY THE PLANE BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR BUT HIGHER, THEN UPON TOUCHING DOWN SOMEWHAT PITCHED FORWARD ATTITUDE AND RIGHT WING LOW, THE NOSE GEAR BENT UNDER THE COWLING, PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE PLANE CAME TO A STOP IN THE DIRT AND GRASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY WINGS LEVEL.? THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED TO A PARKING AREA. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS AS FOLLOWS: NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY DAMAGED, PROPELLER SPINNER MINOR SCRAPES, PROPELLER BENT, PROBABLY ENGINE INTERNAL DAMAGE FROM PROPELLER STRIKE, MINOR ENGINE COWL DAMAGE, RIGHT LANDING GEAR WHEEL PANT DAMAGED, RIGHT WING TIP BENT/CRACKED/SPLIT, RIGHT WING LANDING LIGHT BROKEN, RIGHT WING SKIN BY LANDING LIGHTS BENT/TORN. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING SPAR NOTED AT THIS TIME.

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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