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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thomps LIGHTNING · Green Valley, AZ · April 24, 2008

Date
April 24, 2008 · 06:45 local
Place
Green Valley, AZ
Airport
Ruby Star Airpark
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8WN
Reported as
Thomps Lightning
Reported engine
AMTR JABIRU3300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1 in this make and model1 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) Aircraft porpoised on landing, bending the nose strut and causing the nose gear fork to shear off. Aircraft's propeller struck the runway. Aircraft slid for 100 feet before coming to rest. Pilot had 1 hour total time in make and model.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON LANDING, BENDING THE NOSE STRUT AND CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR FORK TO SHEAR OFF. AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SLID FOR 100 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST. PILOT HAD 1 HOUR TOTAL TIME IN MAKE AND MODEL.