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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrbb Mustangmidgt · Mount Pleasant, TX · August 8, 1996

Date: August 8, 1996 · 18:00 local
Place: Mount Pleasant, TX
Airport: Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N131D
Reported as: Amtrbb Mustangmidgt
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total30 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N131DRegistered now · Midget Mustang MM-1S/N 7887188 · Built 1967 Airframe modelMidget Mustang MM-1 Engine modelContinental 0-200 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: the pilot, who had recently purchased the experimental amateur built aircraft, was performing taxi and high-speed taxi operations to get the 'feel' of the aircraft and aircraft controls. During a high-speed taxi, the aircraft lifted off the runway and upon attempted landing, it bounced about 10 to 12 feet into the air. The pilots action to abort the flight resulted in the aircraft propeller striking the ground at the side of the runway and was taxied back to the terminal building and parked. The pilot was treated for minor back injury and released approximately 3 hours later. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT, WHO HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, WAS PERFORMING TAXI AND HIGH-SPEED TAXI OPERATIONS TO GET THE 'FEEL' OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT CONTROLS. DURING A HIGH-SPEED TAXI, THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND UPON ATTEMPTED LANDING, IT BOUNCED ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET INTO THE AIR. THE PILOTS ACTION TO ABORT THE FLIGHT RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND AT THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING AND PARKED. THE PILOT WAS TREATED FOR MINOR BACK INJURY AND RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS LATER. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.