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Tue, Sep 09, 2003

Lots of Gear Problems Last Weekend

Did You Ever Have a Day Like This?

Note: Except for the guy in the cartwheeling Cherokee (who sustained minor injuries), nobody got hurt in these...

Gear Up:
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 1  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 108PB        Make/Model: EXP      Description: LANCAIR 320
      Date: 09/07/2003     Time: 1940
      Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
      City: DENTON   State: TX   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, DENTON, TX
    INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 3  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 15BR        Make/Model: PA32      Description: PA-32 Cherokee Six, Six, Sarat
      Date: 09/08/2003     Time: 0545
      Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: Minor     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
      City: FORT WORTH   State: TX   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, FORT WORTH, TX
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 8  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 330RM        Make/Model: EXP      Description: LANCAIR
      Date: 09/08/2003     Time: 0010
      Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
      City: MILLARD   State: NE   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, MILLARD, NE
Gear Didn't Make It:
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 5  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 201DP        Make/Model: MO20      Description: MO-20
      Date: 09/07/2003     Time: 1222
      Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Unknown
    LOCATION
      City: ELKHART   State: IN   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT ON LANDING RUNWAY 27, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, ELKHART, IN
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 10  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 38887        Make/Model: EXP      Description: OSPREY 2 EXP AMPHIAN
      Date: 09/07/2003     Time: 1550
      Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: None
    LOCATION
      City: LANCASTER   State: CA   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, LANCASTER, CA

  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 16  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 4725B        Make/Model: C152      Description: 152, A152, Aerobat
      Date: 09/07/2003     Time: 1800
      Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
      City: FRANKLIN   State: VA   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT ON LANDING RUNWAY 09, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, FRANKLIN, VA
...and Technically not 'Gear Up' -- they just ended up that way
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 4   **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 19CK        Make/Model: BL8      Description: 8 Decathlon, Scout
      Date: 09/06/2003     Time: 1500
      Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Unknown
    LOCATION
      City: SIKESTON   State: MO   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT ON LANDING SKIDDED AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK, GRASS STRIP 14 MILES SW OF SIKESTON, MO
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 18  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 60571        Make/Model: C150      Description: 150, A150, Commuter, Aerobat
      Date: 09/06/2003     Time: 1402
      Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
      City: FARMINGTON   State: NM   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF RY 7 AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN, FARMINGTON, NM
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 19  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 615A        Make/Model: PA22      Description: PA-22 Tri-Pacer, Caribbean, Co
      Date: 09/08/2003     Time: 0000
      Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Unknown
    LOCATION
      City: ATWOOD   State: IL   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD, AND ROLLED OVER, ATWOOD, IL
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 20  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 6183J        Make/Model: PA28      Description: PA-28 CHEROKEE, ARROW, WARRIOR
      Date: 09/05/2003     Time: 1915
      Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Minor     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Destroyed
    LOCATION
      City: SOMERSET   State: NJ   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      AIRCRAFT WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO APPROACHES ON RUNWAY 30, ECOUNTERED ROTORWASH FROM A HELICOPTER AND RESULTED IN IT CARTWHEELING AND CAME TO REST ON EDGE OF RUNWAY, SOMERSET, NJ
    INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                     # Crew:  1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   1     Unk:   
                     # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                     # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:
  • **   Report created 9/8/2003   Record 24  **
    IDENTIFICATION
      Regis#: 63848        Make/Model: C182      Description: 182, Skylane
      Date: 09/07/2003     Time: 2000
      Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
      Damage: Unknown
    LOCATION
      City: PINEHAVEN   State: WY   Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
      ACFT ON APPROACH, LOST ENGINE AND LANDED ON ROUGH TERRAIN AND WENT ON ITS NOSE, PINEHAVEN, NY

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