20071231829949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Miller VANS RV7 · Louisville, KY · December 31, 2007

Date
December 31, 2007 · 16:00 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Bowman Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N141RM
Reported as
Miller VANSRV7
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total150 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Winds at Louisville, KY Bowman Field (klou) were strong and gusty. The pilot made a hard landing that caused a propeller strike. The pilot was unaware of the damage to the propeller until he was tying down the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WINDS AT LOUISVILLE, KY BOWMAN FIELD (KLOU) WERE STRONG AND GUSTY. THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING THAT CAUSED A PROPELLER STRIKE. THE PILOT WAS UNAWARE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER UNTIL HE WAS TYING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT.