The airplane was substantially damaged during a hard landing at at approximately 1740 Pacific time. The Commercial pilot and his pilot certificated passenger were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed for the sales-demonstration flight. The pilot later reported that the passenger flew most of the flight to get used to the flight characteristics of the airplane. On their final landing, the passenger got the airplane into a high rate of descent on final. The pilot took control of the airplane, added power for a go-around, but impacted the runway hard, bouncing back into the air and continued the go-around. Once aloft, a witness on the ground reported by radio that the left main landing gear was damaged. During the landing sequence, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway, and subsequently folded the right main landing gear under the airplane.
June 8, 2005, Aurora, Ore. / Micco MAC-145A
The airplane was substantially damaged during a hard landing at at approximately 1740 Pacific time. The Commercial pilot and his pilot certificated passenger were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed for the sales-demonstration flight. The pilot later reported that the passenger flew most of the flight to get used to the flight characteristics of the airplane. On their final landing, the passenger got the airplane into a high rate of descent on final. The pilot took control of the airplane, added power for a go-around, but impacted the runway hard, bouncing back into the air and continued the go-around. Once aloft, a witness on the ground reported by radio that the left main landing gear...
Key Takeaways:
- A sales-demonstration flight ended with substantial damage to an airplane during a hard landing, though the commercial pilot and certificated passenger were uninjured.
- The incident occurred after the passenger initiated a high rate of descent on final, leading the pilot to take control and attempt a go-around.
- The airplane impacted the runway hard, bounced, sustained damage to the left main landing gear, and subsequently veered off the runway, folding the right main landing gear.
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