# Incident 20090103002299I: B&F FK9MARKIV, Marco Island, FL, January 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Marco Island, FL
- Airport: Marco Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9320° N, 81.7048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marco Island, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9320&lon=-81.7048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152WP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N152WP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: B&F Technik Vertriebs Gmbh Spe FK 9 MARK IV (registry code 060001W, https://openairdocs.org/model/b-f-technik-vertriebs-gmbh-spe-fk-9-mark-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: B&F FK9MARKIV
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090103002299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 03, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 123O EASTERN STANDARD TIME N152WP, A B&F TECHNIK, V.G., MODEL FK-9, MARK IV, SERIAL NUMBER 04-285, LANDED AT MARCO ISLAND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 17.  DURING THE BACK-TAXI MANEUVER, THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY FAILED AT THE SWIVEL POINT.  THIS RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND CAUSING DAMGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE ENGINE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO HOLDS A LIGHT SPORT PILOTS CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND USING HIS FLORIDA STATE DRIVERS LICENSE TO SATISFY THE REGULATORY MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS, WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT IS CERTIFICATED AS A LIGHT-SPORT AIRCRAFT (LSA).  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE DEPARTED FROM NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (KHWO) AND DESTINATED AT THE MARCO ISLAND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.  THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE VFR WITH WINDS OF 5 KNOTS AT 120 DEGREES DURING LANDING.  THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR PASSENGER (1).  THE REGISTERED OWNER IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AICRAFT IS BASED AT KHWO AND IS OPERATED BY WINGS OF PARADISE, INC., THE PILOT RENTED THE AIRCRAFT FROM WINGS OF PARADISE, INC.

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