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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr FIREFLY · Norfolk, VA · May 5, 2009

Date
May 5, 2009 · 15:40 local
Place
Norfolk, VA
Airport
Norfolk International
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95PX
Reported as
Amtr Firefly
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,642 total400 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) The pilot rotated the nose of the aircraft higher than normal in an attempt to make a smooth landing. The aircraft propeller struck the runway. This aircraft has a pusher propeller configuration.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ROTATED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HIGHER THAN NORMAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE A SMOOTH LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS A PUSHER PROPELLER CONFIGURATION.

Other reports on N95PX · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.