# Incident 20080930849559I: Ricela KR2, San Angelo, TX, September 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2008, 08:30 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44729, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44729-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rice Lawrence KR-2 (registry code 05648PQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/rice-lawrence-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RICELA KR2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 2 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080930849559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON A HIGH SPEED TAXI THE NOSE GEAR BENT ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND.  NO NMAC. NO FIRE.  NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR PERSONS ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N44729 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100623035999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100623035999A), Jun 23, 2010: Rice Lawren KR-2 (N44729), Richfield, UT, Destroyed. First flight of aircraft after purchase and repaint. Aircraft sat on ground for several years prior. Conformity inspection complete pilot did high speed taxi…

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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