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FAA incident report · Pollock Larry Marlan LONG EZE · Watsonville, CA · June 2, 2025

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Date
June 2, 2025 · 11:00 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Airport
Watsonville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N424LP
Reported as
Pollock Larry Marlan Long EZE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total
N424LPRegistered now · Pollock Larry Marlan LONG EZES/N POLK 24Airframe modelPollock Larry Marlan LONG EZE

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Monday, an experimental longeazy landing on runway 27 experienced issues during landing rollout. The pilot expressed "the right brakes felt spongy", and plane drifted left due to more left braking force being applied. Pilot applied more right brake force to correct the left drift. The pilot locked up the right wheel, resulting in damage to the right main landing gear yoke, and the right main tire separating from the yoke.

As the FAA filed it

ON MONDAY, AN EXPERIMENTAL LONGEAZY LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 EXPERIENCED ISSUES DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. THE PILOT EXPRESSED "THE RIGHT BRAKES FELT SPONGY", AND PLANE DRIFTED LEFT DUE TO MORE LEFT BRAKING FORCE BEING APPLIED. PILOT APPLIED MORE RIGHT BRAKE FORCE TO CORRECT THE LEFT DRIFT. THE PILOT LOCKED UP THE RIGHT WHEEL, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR YOKE, AND THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE SEPARATING FROM THE YOKE.