# Incident 20060224003229I: Smithk PULSARSERIES, Cedar City, UT, February 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2006, 12:45 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7010° N, 113.0989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CEDAR CITY RGNL (CDC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7010&lon=-113.0989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7068T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7068T-2022-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Keith T PULSAR SERIES III (registry code 056146A, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-keith-t-pulsar-series-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITHK PULSARSERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060224003229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE LANDING THE PILOT CAME IN A LITTLE FAST FOR RUNWAY 02 AT THE CEDAR CITY AIRPORT. HE STAYED IN GROUND EFFECT FOR AWHILE. WHEN THE PLANE SETTLED TO THE GROUND IT CAME DOWN FAST AND HIT HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. A BOLT ON THE NOSE GEAR BROKE AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND HARD. THE FORCE BROKE THE COMPOSITE BLADES ON THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT MENTIONED THAT THE WIND WAS GUSTY AT ALTITUDE BUT ON THE GROUND IT WAS NOT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN THERMALS HE WAS EXPERIENCING AT ALTITUDE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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