20240319002649I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Wilson William C RV-7A · Portage, MI · March 19, 2024

Date
March 19, 2024 · 15:20 local
Place
Portage, MI
Airport
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N247BW
Reported as
Wilson William C RV-7A
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,454 total394 in this make and model45 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.

A commercial pilot flying an experimental amateur built RV-7A airplane made a hard landing at airport azo on runway 27 resulting in nose gear damage. The pilot reported he had encountered a wind shear prior to touch down. Weather conditions reported by ATIS stated winds were 270 at 21 knots gusting 31 knots; automated weather recorded peak winds 240 at 37 knots. The airplane subsequently came to rest on the runway where ground crews were needed to clear the aircraft. The pilot was VFR enroute from kloz with one passenger onboard, no injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

A COMMERCIAL PILOT FLYING AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT RV-7A AIRPLANE MADE A HARD LANDING AT AIRPORT AZO ON RUNWAY 27 RESULTING IN NOSE GEAR DAMAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD ENCOUNTERED A WIND SHEAR PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. WEATHER CONDITIONS REPORTED BY ATIS STATED WINDS WERE 270 AT 21 KNOTS GUSTING 31 KNOTS; AUTOMATED WEATHER RECORDED PEAK WINDS 240 AT 37 KNOTS. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY WHERE GROUND CREWS WERE NEEDED TO CLEAR THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS VFR ENROUTE FROM KLOZ WITH ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD, NO INJURIES REPORTED.