20030509008339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Pulsarii · Santa Rosa, CA · May 9, 2003

Date
May 9, 2003 · 11:30 local
Place
Santa Rosa, CA
Airport
Sonoma County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N140DM
Reported as
Amtr Pulsarii
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
85 total

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) Inexperienced pilot, while attempting his first landing with this make/model aircraft, hit the runway hard with nose gear causing the under fuselage to impact the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INEXPERIENCED PILOT, WHILE ATTEMPTING HIS FIRST LANDING WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL AIRCRAFT, HIT THE RUNWAY HARD WITH NOSE GEAR CAUSING THE UNDER FUSELAGE TO IMPACT THE GROUND.