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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Amtr CH 601 HD · Rexburg, ID · August 17, 2008

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Date
August 17, 2008 · 09:35 local
Place
Rexburg, ID
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N826W
Reported as
Amtr CH601HD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
616 total244 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days
N826WRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Snelling William R CH 601 HDS/N 63830 · Built 2001Airframe modelSnelling William R CH 601 HDEngine modelRotax SEE BOMBADIERReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) privacy data omitted was letting a pilot, privacy data omitted get several hours of transition time in his aircraft as he was building a similiar aircraft privacy data omitted was in the right seat and privacy data omitted was in the left seat. On short final, with the runway made privacy data omitted told privacy data omitted to pull the remaining power off and let the plane settle to the runway. As power came off, the nose dropped privacy data omitted pulled the stick back a little too aggressively and then forward too aggressively, and the main gear contacted the runway quite hard privacy data omitted called "go-around" and he applied full power and began a climb. The nose pitched up as the power came up, and privacy data omitted shoved the stick forward from approximately 30 feet and we contacted the runway slightly to the left of centerline, in about a 30-40 degree nose down attitude. The aircraft skidded off to the left side of runway and then came to rest.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LETTING A PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GET SEVERAL HOURS OF TRANSITION TIME IN HIS AIRCRAFT AS HE WAS BUILDING A SIMILIAR AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT. ON SHORT FINAL, WITH THE RUNWAY MADE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO PULL THE REMAINING POWER OFF AND LET THE PLANE SETTLE TO THE RUNWAY. AS POWER CAME OFF, THE NOSE DROPPED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PULLED THE STICK BACK A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVELY AND THEN FORWARD TOO AGGRESSIVELY, AND THE MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY QUITE HARD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED "GO-AROUND" AND HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND BEGAN A CLIMB. THE NOSE PITCHED UP AS THE POWER CAME UP, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SHOVED THE STICK FORWARD FROM APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AND WE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE, IN ABOUT A 30-40 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND THEN CAME TO REST.