20081115856509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus SR20 · Fort Pierce, FL · November 15, 2008

Date
November 15, 2008
Place
Fort Pierce, FL
Airport
St Lucie County International
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39KD
Reported as
Cirrus SR20
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total360 in this make and model25 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) Pilot was landing rwy 32 in ft. Pierce, FL. Stated he felt gust of wind prior to touchdown and a/c just dropped, bouncing a couple of time then did a go-around. Flew by tower but no obvious damage was visible. Upon land discovered bend nose gear strut and prop strike with 3 blades damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING RWY 32 IN FT. PIERCE, FL. STATED HE FELT GUST OF WIND PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND A/C JUST DROPPED, BOUNCING A COUPLE OF TIME THEN DID A GO-AROUND. FLEW BY TOWER BUT NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE. UPON LAND DISCOVERED BEND NOSE GEAR STRUT AND PROP STRIKE WITH 3 BLADES DAMAGED.