# Incident 20231022021609I: Williams David E BUCCANEER 2, Jacksonville, FL, October 22, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2023, 14:30 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville Exec At Craig
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3363° N, 81.5144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE EXEC AT CRAIG (CRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3363&lon=-81.5144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8230Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8230Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Williams David E BUCCANEER 2 (registry code 05602GM, https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-david-e-buccaneer-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILLIAMS DAVID E BUCCANEER 2
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 157 total, 32 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231022021609I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM CRG AIRPORT FOR LOCAL FLIGHT.  WEATHER WAS VFR.

ON RETURN TO CRG, PILOT STATED "ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER".

PILOT HEADED BACK TO THE AIRPORT, RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14.

UPON TOUCHDOWN, DUE TO HARD LANDING, LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID ON THE HULL AND PERFORM A 180 DEGREE TURN ON THE RUNWAY.  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT WERE:  1. BROKEN LEFT GEAR STRUT, AND 2. FIBERGLASS DAMAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HULL.

## Other reports on N8230Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20221106017439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221106017439I), Nov 6, 2022: Williams David E BUCCANEER 2 (N8230Z), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. After performing pre-flight PIC confirmed the winds and receive taxi clearance to runway 32 for a local flight in the pattern, at kcrg. Taxied the aircraft to…

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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