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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 415-C · East Stroudsbur, PA · July 18, 1996

Date: July 18, 1996 · 15:30 local
Place: East Stroudsbur, PA
Airport: Stroudsburg-Pocono Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N86963
Reported as: Univar 415C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 19 in this make and model

N86963Registration cancelled Dec 12, 2011 · Ercoupe 415-CS/N 136 · Built 1945 Airframe modelErcoupe 415-C Engine modelContinental A&C75 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Narrative: student pilot flew one traffic pattern with her instructor, then he let her go on a supervised solo. The approach was normal, but she flared too high, causing the airplane to porpoise three times. The student pilot applied power and went around. On the second landing, she hit the nosewheel hard, porpoised again and then stopped the airplane. She had damaged the nose wheel tire and rim, strut and engine firewall.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT FLEW ONE TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH HER INSTRUCTOR, THEN HE LET HER GO ON A SUPERVISED SOLO. THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL, BUT SHE FLARED TOO HIGH, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO PORPOISE THREE TIMES. THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED POWER AND WENT AROUND. ON THE SECOND LANDING, SHE HIT THE NOSEWHEEL HARD, PORPOISED AGAIN AND THEN STOPPED THE AIRPLANE. SHE HAD DAMAGED THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE AND RIM, STRUT AND ENGINE FIREWALL.