ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198726
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| Date: | 24-FEB-2017 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna T337G Pressurized Skymaster |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N685V |
| MSN: | P3370265 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Linden, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Linden, NJ (LDJ) |
| Linden, NJ (LDJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, during approach, he pushed the yoke forward to avoid a flock of birds in his flightpath, which resulted in an “increased and abnormal rate of descent.” He was then unable to arrest the descent, and the “main landing gear made very hard contact with the runway.” The airplane bounced, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest nose down.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall.
The Federal Aviation Administration Airport Facility Diagram page for the destination airport in part states: “Birds on and invof [in vicinity of] arpt.”
Probable Cause: The pilot’s abrupt maneuver to avoid birds during short final approach, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.
Sources:
NTSB
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Aug-2017 14:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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