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ATL88LA246

1988-09-05 · HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 0A7

N2636R has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP CHALLENGER II, built 2008), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT WAS NEARING TOUCHDOWN ON A NORMAL LANDING WHEN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSCREEN WAS STRUCK BY A BIRD. THE STARTLED PILOT WAS DISTRACTED LONG ENOUGH FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE ON THE RUNWAY. ELEVATOR CONTROL WAS LOST AFTER THE FIRST BOUNCE. A NOSE LOW LANDING OCCURRED NEXT FOLLOWED BY COLLAPSING OF THE NOSE GEAR AND A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_ATL88LA246.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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