# Accident 20090712014849A: Remos REMOSG3600, Erie, CO, July 12, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2009, 07:30 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0164° N, 105.0461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0164&lon=-105.0461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N408RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N408RA-2013-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Remos REMOS G-3/600 (registry code 0600027, https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-remos-g-3-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMOS REMOSG3600
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA432) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090712014849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 12, 2009 THE INSTRUCTOR WAS  INSTRUCTING STUDENT PILOT IN N408RA, A REMOS G-3, A LIGHT SPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANE AT ERIE, COLRADO TRI-COUNTY AIRPORT.  THE STUDENT MADE A ROUGH LANDING AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AT WHICH TIME THE INSTRUCTOR ORDERED A GO-AROUND.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RESPONDING AND MAY HAVE BEEN STALLED.  THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OVER THE GRASS BESIDE THE RUNWAY AND THE PROPELLER HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT AND TAXIWAY SIGN.  THE PROPELLER WAS BROKEN, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND LEFT LANDING GEAR WERE DAMAGED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09CA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA432), Jul 12, 2009: Remos Remos G-3/ (N408RA), Erie, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and the flight instructor's delayed reaction to take control and recover.

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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