19991006044279A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Zinair CH 2000 · St Louis, MO · October 6, 1999

Date: October 6, 1999 · 09:00 local
Place: St Louis, MO
Airport: Creve Coeur Airport
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N25ZA
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI00LA005
Reported as: Zinair CH2000

N25ZARegistered now · Zenair CH 2000S/N 20-0025 · Built 1997 Airframe modelZenair CH 2000 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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(-23) Upon arrival at Creve Coeur Airport found the a/c had been disassembled to the firewall with the propeller, engine and nose landing gear removed. Noted damage to the propeller tips and tearing and wrinkling of the firewall. Student PIC was interviewed, and found that he had bounced during landing on his third supervised solo, heard a thump, went around and then landed normally and taxied to the ramp. The nose landing gear shock ring appears to have come off during landing, allowing the landing gear to travel beyond its designed travel limits, which caused the damage to the firewall, nose landing gear surrounding structure and propeller tips.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON ARRIVAL AT CREVE COEUR AIRPORT FOUND THE A/C HAD BEEN DISASSEMBLED TO THE FIREWALL WITH THE PROPELLER, ENGINE AND NOSE LANDING GEAR REMOVED. NOTED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS AND TEARING AND WRINKLING OF THE FIREWALL. STUDENT PIC WAS INTERVIEWED, AND FOUND THAT HE HAD BOUNCED DURING LANDING ON HIS THIRD SUPERVISED SOLO, HEARD A THUMP, WENT AROUND AND THEN LANDED NORMALLY AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOCK RING APPEARS TO HAVE COME OFF DURING LANDING, ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR TO TRAVEL BEYOND ITS DESIGNED TRAVEL LIMITS, WHICH CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, NOSE LANDING GEAR SURROUNDING STRUCTURE AND PROPELLER TIPS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI00LA005Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSt. Louis, MOthe student pilot misjudged the landing flare which resulted in a hard landing. A factor associated with the accident was the student's lack of total experience.Oct 6, 1999 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N25ZA · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19970324003529IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Ramona, CANarrative: on March 24, 1997, at approximately 1830 PST, CFI theodore sumner was conducting high speed taxi and aircraft handling operations with a student on runway 27 at the Ramona, CA airport in N25ZA, a zenair model CH2000 aircraft. Sumner's passenger was…Mar 24, 1997 · Minor damage