# Incident 20090505010789I: Amtr FIREFLY, Norfolk, VA, May 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2009, 15:40 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95PX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95PX-2018-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Proxy Aviation Systems FIREFLY (registry code 05621YV, https://openairdocs.org/model/proxy-aviation-systems-firefly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FIREFLY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,642 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090505010789I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20070715013989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715013989I), Jul 15, 2007: Amtr FIREFLY (N95PX), Midland, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On July 15, 2007, at approximately 1230 CDT, the pilot of an experimental research and development aircraft, model proxy aviation systems Firefly,…

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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