# Incident 20231007017609I: Edwin Stafford GN-1 AIRCAMPER, London, KY, October 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2023, 18:30 local time
- Place: London, KY
- Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Magee Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0869° N, 84.0774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONDON/CORBIN/MAGEE (LOZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0869&lon=-84.0774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5124, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5124) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Edwin Stafford GN-1 AIRCAMPER (registry code 05634SQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/edwin-stafford-gn-1-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85-12 (registry code 17124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EDWIN STAFFORD GN-1 AIRCAMPER
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85-12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 31,000 total, 7 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231007017609I

## Narrative

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

LANDING RUNWAY 24 AT KLOZ  PILOT  EXPERIENCED STRONG AND  GUSTY  CROSSWINDS. AIRCRAFT  BALLOONED , MAINTAINED ATTITUDE AND AIRCRAFT CONTACTED RUNWAY HARDER THAN ANTICIPATED RESULTING IN A HARD  LANDING  WHICH BENT THE RIGHT SIDE MAIN LANDING GEAR. NOSE OVER OCCURRED CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH BLADES OF THE PROPELLER WHEN CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5124 (1)

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

- [Incident 20170923019799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170923019799I), Sep 23, 2017: Edwin Stafford GN-1 AIRCAMPER (N5124), Madisonville, KY, Minor damage. The pilot[privacy data omitted] of the mishap aircraft was practicing taxi and groundwork in this conventional gear aircraft and had no intent on flying. He…

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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