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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Compmonster · Oshkosh, WI · July 26, 2008

Date: July 26, 2008 · 12:20 local
Place: Oshkosh, WI
Airport: Wittman Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N744JK
Reported as: Compmonster
Reported engine: AMTR SUBARU*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 580 total180 in this make and model15 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) Osh runway 27. During approach and landing, the aircraft was told to land long resulting in the pilot adding power and gaining airspeed. When the pilot realized the gain in airspeed, he reduced power to idle, thus landing the aircraft to initially touchdown hard and bounce back into the air. Upon the second attempt to land, the aircraft touched down first on its nose gear causing it to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) OSH RUNWAY 27. DURING APPROACH AND LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOLD TO LAND LONG RESULTING IN THE PILOT ADDING POWER AND GAINING AIRSPEED. WHEN THE PILOT REALIZED THE GAIN IN AIRSPEED, HE REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, THUS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TO INITIALLY TOUCHDOWN HARD AND BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR. UPON THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN FIRST ON ITS NOSE GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE.