20050723021449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr PULSAR III · Mentone, IN · July 23, 2005

Date: July 23, 2005
Place: Mentone, IN
Airport: Mentone Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N143NB
Reported as: Amtr Pulsariii
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total30 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N143NBRegistered now · Radtke Emil PULSAR IIIS/N P9805-0558 · Built 2004 Airframe modelRadtke Emil PULSAR III Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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) Aircraft arrived at Mentone, Indiana and bounced three times on landing. At the second bounce the pilot cut the power so the engine stopped, on the third bounce the aircraft hit on the nose wheel which broke off the shock and then collapsed the nose gear strut. The aircraft came to a stop on the bent strut and nose wheel. There was almost no damage except to the nose gear strut.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT MENTONE, INDIANA AND BOUNCED THREE TIMES ON LANDING. AT THE SECOND BOUNCE THE PILOT CUT THE POWER SO THE ENGINE STOPPED, ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT HIT ON THE NOSE WHEEL WHICH BROKE OFF THE SHOCK AND THEN COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE BENT STRUT AND NOSE WHEEL. THERE WAS ALMOST NO DAMAGE EXCEPT TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT.