20060711014369A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · VELOC173RGXL · Modesto, CA · July 11, 2006

Date: July 11, 2006 · 11:45 local
Place: Modesto, CA
Airport: Modesto City-County Airport-Har
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N992PC
NTSB investigation: NTSBLAX06LA229
Reported as: VELOC173RGXL
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,131 total90 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N992PCRegistered now · Calhoun Paul VELOCITY 173/RG-XLS/N 3RX045 Airframe modelCalhoun Paul VELOCITY 173/RG-XL Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Airman was operating by himself his amt-home build velocity aircraft under 14 CFR part 91 at Modesto airport. The airman states that he had just had the propeller replaced with a new one 60 lbs heavier than the old one. He was attempting some touch and go landings in the pattern to get the "feel" of the new propeller, and to investigate a newly recommended landing technique by other velocity owners. He completed one touch and go landing. Upon his second landing attempt, the airman states that he got "too slow" on final and "stalled" the aircraft too high resulting in a hard landing. The airman states that he feels his landing gear cables were set too tight and with the resulting hard landing, the main gear collapsed. Damage to the aircraft resulted in minor scrapes on the aircraft belly, destruction of the propeller, and an approx 8 to 9 inch gash and hole in the left "rudder-vater." There were no injuries and no fire. The weather was VFR and no flight plan had been filed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN WAS OPERATING BY HIMSELF HIS AMT-HOME BUILD VELOCITY AIRCRAFT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AT MODESTO AIRPORT. THE AIRMAN STATES THAT HE HAD JUST HAD THE PROPELLER REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE 60 LBS HEAVIER THAN THE OLD ONE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING SOME TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN THE PATTERN TO GET THE "FEEL" OF THE NEW PROPELLER, AND TO INVESTIGATE A NEWLY RECOMMENDED LANDING TECHNIQUE BY OTHER VELOCITY OWNERS. HE COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO LANDING. UPON HIS SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRMAN STATES THAT HE GOT "TOO SLOW" ON FINAL AND "STALLED" THE AIRCRAFT TOO HIGH RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. THE AIRMAN STATES THAT HE FEELS HIS LANDING GEAR CABLES WERE SET TOO TIGHT AND WITH THE RESULTING HARD LANDING, THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT RESULTED IN MINOR SCRAPES ON THE AIRCRAFT BELLY, DESTRUCTION OF THE PROPELLER, AND AN APPROX 8 TO 9 INCH GASH AND HOLE IN THE LEFT "RUDDER-VATER." THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB LAX06LA229Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportModesto, CAthe pilot's misjudged flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing and landing gear collapse. A contributing factor was the pilot/builder's inadequate adjustment of the landing gear cable tension.Jul 11, 2006 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N992PC · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20130224011869ILanding: Rollout · Lawrenceville, GAOn February 24, 2013 at 1500 this inspector was contacted by the regional operations center (roc) to report a gear collapse during landing incident at Lawrenceville (lzu) , Georgia involving aircraft N992PC a velocity experimental aircraft serial number 3RX…Feb 24, 2013 · Minor damage Incident 20060812017519ILevel Off Touchdown · Coeur D Alene, ID(-23) On August 12, 2006 at approximately 1800 hours the pilot of N992PC a homebuilt velocity 173RG-XL landed at runway 5-23 at the Coeur d'Alene, ID airport (coe) with the nose gear in other than the down and locked position. In the landing flare, the…Aug 12, 2006 · Reported as VELOC173RGXL · Minor damage