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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bucker Jungmann C.A.S.A. 1.131 · Creve Coeur, MO · April 29, 2024

Date
April 29, 2024 · 13:30 local
Place
Creve Coeur, MO
Airport
Creve Coeur
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2BU
Reported as
Bucker Jungmann C.A.S.A. 1.131
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
14,869 total

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.

On landing touchdown, the spreader bar of the right main gear failed causing an uncontrolled turn to the right. The pilot attempted to correct the turn but was unable to. The aircraft left the runway and stopped with the aircraft on its nose causing damage to the left main gear and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

ON LANDING TOUCHDOWN, THE SPREADER BAR OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED CAUSING AN UNCONTROLLED TURN TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE TURN BUT WAS UNABLE TO. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS NOSE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND PROPELLER.