# Incident 20240319002649I: Wilson William C RV-7A, Portage, MI, March 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2024, 15:20 local time
- Place: Portage, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2344° N, 85.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTL (AZO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2344&lon=-85.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N247BW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N247BW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson William C RV-7A (registry code 056375Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-william-c-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360 series (registry code 41881, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILSON WILLIAM C RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,454 total, 394 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240319002649I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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