# Incident 20071119831769I: Librty LIBERTYXL2, Ormond Beach, FL, November 19, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2007, 08:50 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N553XL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N553XL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2 (registry code 5200000, https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IOF-240-B (registry code 17168, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-iof-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LIBRTY LIBERTYXL2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071119831769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT AND HER INSTRUCTOR SPENT ONE HOUR IN TRAFFIC PATTERN TO PREPARE FOR SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO. WINDS WERE LIGHT AT THE CONCLUSION OF DUAL INSTRUCTION, AND INSTRUCTOR RELEASED STUDENT FOR SOLO PRACTICE OF TAKEOFFS AND FULL-STOP LANDINGS. AFTER THE STUDENT'S TAKEOFF, SHE NOTICED THAT THE WINDS HAD BEGUN TO STRENGTHEN (NOW REPORTED AS 020 AT 10 KTS, GUSTING TO 18), AND SHE MADE TWO UNSUCCESSFUL PORPOISING TOUCHDOWN ATTEMPTS FOLLOWED BY GO-AROUNDS ON RUNWAY 8. MEANWHILE, HER INSTRUCTOR CALLED THE CONTROL TOWER IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM ADVISE HER TO RETURN TO THE RAMP. ON HER THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAND, THE PORPOISING AT TOUCHDOWN RESULTED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT BREAKING OFF, FOLLOWED BY PROPELLER CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENT DEPARTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. FROM INTERVIEWING THE INSTRUCTOR, IT APPEARS THAT HE ADEQUATELY FULFILLED ALL REQUIRED RESPONSIBILITIES. THE UNFORESEEN AND SUDDEN INCREASE IN WIND OVERCAME THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILL LEVEL OF THE STUDENT PILOT.

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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