# Incident 20050723021449I: Amtr PULSARIII, Mentone, IN, July 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2005
- Place: Mentone, IN
- Airport: Mentone Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1500° N, 86.0625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MENTONE (C92), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1500&lon=-86.0625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143NB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143NB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Radtke Emil PULSAR III (registry code 05615TU, https://openairdocs.org/model/radtke-emil-pulsar-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PULSARIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050723021449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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