20040727019159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus SR20 · Elko, NV · July 27, 2004

Date
July 27, 2004 · 19:28 local
Place
Elko, NV
Airport
Elko Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N725SB
Reported as
Cirrus SR20
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total25 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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) During landing on runway 23, pilot experienced a hard landing followed by a porpoising action. The pilot failed to maintain control or initiate proper corrective action and the aircraft departed the left side of runway 23. The aircraft sustained damage to the propeller due to a collapsed nose gear, lower rudder fairing, and wheel pants.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 23, PILOT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING FOLLOWED BY A PORPOISING ACTION. THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OR INITIATE PROPER CORRECTIVE ACTION AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 23. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER DUE TO A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR, LOWER RUDDER FAIRING, AND WHEEL PANTS.