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.
While on a solo flight in the local traffic pattern the student pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft during landing on runway 17. Evidence indicates the student pilot made a hard landing and then bounced, which caused the propeller to strike the runway. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the propeller and the nose landing gear. The student pilot was not injured. The winds at the time of the incident were from 190 degrees at 13 knots.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE ON A SOLO FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN THE STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 17. EVIDENCE INDICATES THE STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING AND THEN BOUNCED, WHICH CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE FROM 190 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS.
Other reports on N620DA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.