20080101013339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Librty LIBERTYXL2 · St Augustine, FL · January 1, 2008

Date: January 1, 2008 · 10:31 local
Place: St Augustine, FL
Airport: St Augustine
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N536XL
Reported as: Librty LIBERTYXL2
Reported engine: Continental IO240B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 21 total21 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N536XLRegistration cancelled Jun 24, 2011 · Liberty Aerospace XL-2S/N 0029 · Built 2006 Airframe modelLiberty Aerospace XL-2 Engine modelContinental IO-240-BReciprocating

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) The student pilot privacy data omitted departed ormond beach airport on a solo x-country to st. Augustine (ksgj) airport, FL. During the landing phase the aircraft floated over the runway for a longer than usual distance. The airplane ballooned up and then landed very hard on the nose gear. Due to the impact the nose gear fork and tire departed the aircraft. The aircraft rolled to a stop while resting on the nose gear strut. The pilot exited the aircraft. The student pilot did not suffer any injuries as a result of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED ORMOND BEACH AIRPORT ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY TO ST. AUGUSTINE (KSGJ) AIRPORT, FL. DURING THE LANDING PHASE THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED OVER THE RUNWAY FOR A LONGER THAN USUAL DISTANCE. THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED UP AND THEN LANDED VERY HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. DUE TO THE IMPACT THE NOSE GEAR FORK AND TIRE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO A STOP WHILE RESTING ON THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE STUDENT PILOT DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT.