# Incident 20060812017519I: VELOC173RGXL, Coeur D Alene, ID, August 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2006, 18:00 local time
- Place: Coeur D Alene, ID
- Airport: Coeur D Alene Air Term Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7029° N, 116.7958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coeur d'Alene, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7029&lon=-116.7958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N992PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N992PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Calhoun Paul VELOCITY 173/RG-XL (registry code 056114D, https://openairdocs.org/model/calhoun-paul-velocity-173-rg-xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VELOC173RGXL
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 92 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812017519I

## Narrative

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

(-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 PROPELLER (A REAR MOUNTED ENGINE AND PROPELLER) STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE CAUSING TIP DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE NOSE SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY AND GROUND THRU THE COMPOSITE SURFACES DAMAGING THE LOWER FORWARD NOSE SECTION, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND THEIR MOUNTING ATTACHMENTS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N992PC (2)

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

- [Incident 20130224011869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130224011869I), Feb 24, 2013: Calhoun Paul VELOCITY 173/RG-XL (N992PC), Lawrenceville, GA, Minor damage. On February 24, 2013 at 1500 this inspector was contacted by the regional operations center (roc) to report a gear collapse during landing incident at…
- [Accident 20060711014369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060711014369A), Jul 11, 2006: VELOC173RGXL (N992PC), Modesto, CA, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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