# Incident 20250110000769I: Honda Aircraft Co LLC HA-420, Fryeburg, ME, January 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fryeburg, ME
- Airport: Eastern Slopes Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9911° N, 70.9479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (IZG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9911&lon=-70.9479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21HJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21HJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Honda HA-420 (registry code 4400000, https://openairdocs.org/model/honda-ha-420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE Honda HF-120 (registry code 30200, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-honda-hf-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HONDA AIRCRAFT CO LLC HA-420
- Reported engine: GE HONDA HF-120
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,020 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250110000769I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/10/2025 AT 2059Z, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLOWN INTO EASTERN SLOPES REGIONAL (IZG) INTO MAINE COLLAPSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RWY 32.  IT WAS REPORTED THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL.  WEATHER WAS VFR AND REPORTED ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WERE FROM THE SETTING SUN AND FRESH PLOWED SNOW THAT CAUSED THE PILOT TO BE DISORIENTED AND MISTAKE THE CENTERLINE FOR A SNOWBERM ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT CORRECTED HIS APPROACH PATH TOO LATE AND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS DAMAGED AFTER HITTING THE SNOWBERM.  THE FRONT LANDING GEAR WAS TORN OFF UPON TOUCHING DOWN.  NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OBSERVED OR REPORTED.  NO MECHANICAL ISSUES REPORTED EITHER PRIOR TO INCIDENT.  ASI OBSERVED NO REGULATORY VIOLATIONS DURING THE INVESTIGATION.  INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N21HJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210216002709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210216002709I), Feb 16, 2021: Honda Aircraft Co LLC HA-420 (N21HJ), Wilmington, NC, Minor damage. Inspector [privacy data omitted] was conducting surveillance at ilm and noticed a damaged aircraft. Upon further investigation, he found that the aircraft was…

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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