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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dennis R Stephen RV-7 · Cookson, OK · March 5, 2024

Date
March 5, 2024 · 16:00 local
Place
Cookson, OK
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N84MA
Reported as
Dennis R Stephen RV-7
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total160 in this make and model20 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.

Aircraft depart 44M and was returning back to 44M when the aircraft experianced a hard landing causing damage to the propeller and wheelcovers. Pilot stated he had become disoriented from a glare on the windscreen causing him to lose sight of the ground and flaring the aircraft early. Pilot and a passanger were onboard the aircraft, with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPART 44M AND WAS RETURNING BACK TO 44M WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIANCED A HARD LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND WHEELCOVERS. PILOT STATED HE HAD BECOME DISORIENTED FROM A GLARE ON THE WINDSCREEN CAUSING HIM TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE GROUND AND FLARING THE AIRCRAFT EARLY. PILOT AND A PASSANGER WERE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT, WITH NO INJURIES.