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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerspt IKARUS C42E · Creswell, OR · March 18, 2009

Date: March 18, 2009 · 14:00 local
Place: Creswell, OR
Airport: Hobby Field
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N162DH
Reported as: Aerspt IKARUSC42E
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N162DHRegistered now · Aerosport IKARUS C42ES/N 0701-6864 · Built 2006 Airframe modelAerosport IKARUS C42E Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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) The pilot touched down smoothly on the runway center line at approximately 40 knots with main landing gear touching down first. After the nose touched down it popped back up. The pilot compenstated with right rudder and stick forward. When the nose came back down the nose gear collapsed causing the aircraft to veer to the left and the prop to strike the runway. The aircraft skidded approximately 60 to 70 feet into the grass. Two individuals were onboard and no injuries were reported. Aircraft sustained minor damage ot the lower engine cowl, prop, and nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY ON THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTS WITH MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHING DOWN FIRST. AFTER THE NOSE TOUCHED DOWN IT POPPED BACK UP. THE PILOT COMPENSTATED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND STICK FORWARD. WHEN THE NOSE CAME BACK DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 70 FEET INTO THE GRASS. TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE ONBOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE OT THE LOWER ENGINE COWL, PROP, AND NOSE GEAR.