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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Nicholson Bill CHALLENGER II LW · Milwaukee, WI · February 1, 2024

Date
February 1, 2024 · 16:04 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
Lawrence J Timmerman
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4374A
Reported as
Nicholson Bill Challenger II LW
Reported engine
ROTAX 503 DCDI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total2 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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.

privacy data omitted, Elsa, was conducting a high speed taxi on rwy 4L. Aircraft was hit with a gust of crosswind and lifted off the ground then descended and made contact with runway resulting in landing gear to collapse. Aircraft became airborne a second time and started a slow left turn setleing into the grass along east side of taxiway b, south east of B1. Appeared all landing gear was still attached to aircraft but was broken. Pilot was the only occupant, no reported injuries. There was no intent for flight.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ELSA, WAS CONDUCTING A HIGH SPEED TAXI ON RWY 4L. AIRCRAFT WAS HIT WITH A GUST OF CROSSWIND AND LIFTED OFF THE GROUND THEN DESCENDED AND MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY RESULTING IN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE A SECOND TIME AND STARTED A SLOW LEFT TURN SETLEING INTO THE GRASS ALONG EAST SIDE OF TAXIWAY B, SOUTH EAST OF B1. APPEARED ALL LANDING GEAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT BUT WAS BROKEN. PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT, NO REPORTED INJURIES. THERE WAS NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT.