# Accident 20080701840409A: Pipis VIRUS912, Bend, OR, July 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2008, 12:32 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0944° N, 121.2003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0944&lon=-121.2003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126BF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N126BF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel VIRUS 912 (registry code 05617ML, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-virus-912) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPIS VIRUS912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,775 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080701840409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SELF LAUNCHING MOTOR GLIDER DEPART SUNRIVER AIRPORT (S21) OREGON WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT SEAT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/COMMERICAIL PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IN RIGHT SEAT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IDENTIFIED AS PILOT IN COMMAND AND WAS SOLE OPERATOR ON CONTROLS FOR INTENDED STRAIGHT IN LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BND), OREGON.  PILOT REPORTED WINDS LIGHT AND STRAIGHT DOWN RUNWAY, HE TOUCHED DOWN AT 40 KNOTS AIRSPEED AND BOUNCED TWO TIMES.  ONCE AIRCRAFT SETTLE ON TO RUNWAY IT VEERED RIGHT THEN HARDER LEFT WHERE IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE WEST OF A HEADING OF 250 DEGREES.  AIRCRAFT SLID IN SAND AND GRAVEL, DOWN A SLIGHT EMBANKMENT AND PITCHED UP ONTO ITS NOSE AND CAME TO REST ON NOSE COWLING AND MAIN GEAR.  THE AICRAFT WAS STOPPED ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY TO THE WEST OF THE RUNWAY.  THE TWO OCCUPANTS EXITED WITHOUT INJURY WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS NOSE COWLING.  IT WAS NOTED AT THIS TIME, THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR HAS BEEN ROTATED 20 DEGREES AFT THE FUSELAGE WAS SEVERELY CRACKED AFT OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA208), Jul 1, 2008: Pipistrel Virus 912 (N126BF), Bend, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, inadequate bounced landing recovery, and his failure to maintain directional control.

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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