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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr BD-5BH · Phoenix, AZ · August 26, 2000

Date: August 26, 2000 · 11:34 local
Place: Phoenix, AZ
Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9211B
Reported as: Amtr BD5BH
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 118 total8 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N9211BRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2023 · Brookmoor/Bede Acft BD-5BHS/N 003T · Built 1987 Airframe modelBrookmoor/Bede Acft BD-5BH Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot was on first flight of 40 hours for experimental aircraft. After departing and circling for about an hour, he made a few approaches and then decided to land. Approach was normal but at about four feet above the runway (during flare), the airplane began to sink rapidly and touchdown was hard on the left main and nose. The nosewheel collapsed. Minor damage resulted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ON FIRST FLIGHT OF 40 HOURS FOR EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT. AFTER DEPARTING AND CIRCLING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, HE MADE A FEW APPROACHES AND THEN DECIDED TO LAND. APPROACH WAS NORMAL BUT AT ABOUT FOUR FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY (DURING FLARE), THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SINK RAPIDLY AND TOUCHDOWN WAS HARD ON THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE. THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED. MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED.