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FAA incident report · Hardan Weston W HIGHLANDER · Palmer, AK · June 14, 2023

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Date
June 14, 2023 · 20:00 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Airport
Palmer Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N718WH
Reported as
Hardan Weston W Highlander
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
68 total1 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N718WHRegistered now · Hardan Weston W HIGHLANDERS/N JA569-10-19 · Built 2023Airframe modelHardan Weston W HIGHLANDEREngine modelEdge EPEX-300 TI4 cycle

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.

Pilot said he was descending for landing, he thought it was descending too fast, applied power to go around, said the airplane “torqued over to the left” when he applied the power. The aircraft went off the runway where the left landing gear folded. He said the prop and the left wing hit the ground, however there did not appear to be any damage other than the landing gear, the prop and some scuffs and a tear in the fabric. (Tgk)

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SAID HE WAS DESCENDING FOR LANDING, HE THOUGHT IT WAS DESCENDING TOO FAST, APPLIED POWER TO GO AROUND, SAID THE AIRPLANE “TORQUED OVER TO THE LEFT” WHEN HE APPLIED THE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE LEFT LANDING GEAR FOLDED. HE SAID THE PROP AND THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND, HOWEVER THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE LANDING GEAR, THE PROP AND SOME SCUFFS AND A TEAR IN THE FABRIC. (TGK)