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.
Student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings and during the landing touched down hard allowing nose of aircraft to contact runway before the main wheels, resulting in damage to the airplane. Aircraft nose gear collapsed and propeller struck the runway for about 100 feet during the landing on runway 23 before coming to a full stop.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AND DURING THE LANDING TOUCHED DOWN HARD ALLOWING NOSE OF AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT RUNWAY BEFORE THE MAIN WHEELS, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY FOR ABOUT 100 FEET DURING THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP.
Other reports on N104JA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.