# Incident 20090318002539I: Aerspt IKARUSC42E, Creswell, OR, March 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Creswell, OR
- Airport: Hobby Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9308° N, 123.0067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOBBY FLD (77S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9308&lon=-123.0067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N162DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerosport IKARUS C42E (registry code 060003U, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerosport-ikarus-c42e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERSPT IKARUSC42E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090318002539I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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