# Incident 20071216831749I: Gulstm 114B, Gainesville, FL, December 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529VM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N529VM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Commander 114-B (registry code 0145001, https://openairdocs.org/model/commander-114-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 114B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 558 total, 233 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071216831749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING A 180 DEGREE APPROACH AND LANDING DURING A COMMERCIAL PILOT AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND PRACTICAL TEST, APPLICANT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT'S RATE OF DESCENT TO INCREASE ON SHORT FINAL. APPLICANT APPLIED POWER TO RECOVER BUT AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD IN A HIGH NOSE UP ATTITUDE, RESULTING IN A TAIL STRIKE AND SUBSEQUENT MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S FIBERGLASS TAILCONE. THE APPLICANT WAS ISSUED A NOTICE OF DISAPPROVAL BY PILOT EXAMINER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND EXAMINER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COUNSELED REGARDING FAILURE TO INTERVENE QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE TAIL STRIKE.

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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