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.
(-23) Pilot departed lehigh valley int'l (abe) airport on VFR flight to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton int'l (avp) airport on Saturday, July 7, 2000, at 6:00 p.m. the pilot's first landing at avp airport was a hard landing, causing the aircraft to bounce and became airborne. Upon becoming airborne, the pilot pushed the control yoke forward, causing the nose of the aircraft to strike the runway. The front nose wheel broke off and the propeller struck the ground while running, causing it to bend. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the nose wheel, propeller, engine and bottom cowling.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT DEPARTED LEHIGH VALLEY INT'L (ABE) AIRPORT ON VFR FLIGHT TO WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INT'L (AVP) AIRPORT ON SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2000, AT 6:00 P.M. THE PILOT'S FIRST LANDING AT AVP AIRPORT WAS A HARD LANDING, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE AND BECAME AIRBORNE. UPON BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE PILOT PUSHED THE CONTROL YOKE FORWARD, CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND WHILE RUNNING, CAUSING IT TO BEND. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE WHEEL, PROPELLER, ENGINE AND BOTTOM COWLING.
Other reports on N55165 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.