# Incident 20100418032189I: Remos Aircr REMOS GX, St. Charles, MO, April 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2010, 09:15 local time
- Place: St. Charles, MO
- Airport: Saint Charles
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8487° N, 90.5001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St Charles Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8487&lon=-90.5001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79GX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79GX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX (registry code 060008W, https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-acft-gmbh-flugzeugbau-remos-gx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMOS AIRCR REMOS GX
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 144 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100418032189I

## Narrative

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

THE ST. LOUIS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT INVOLVING A REMOS GX, LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N79GX.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT ST. CHARLES AIRPORT (3SQ) ON SUNDAY, 04/18/2010 AT 1416 ZULU.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT PERFORMED BY A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND STUDENT PILOT.  THE TRAINING FLIGHT INCLUDED THREE TOUCH AND GOES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.  DURING THE FINAL APPROACH AND LANDING, ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL CONCERNING THIS FIXED GEAR AIRCRAFT.  THE CFI STATED, "AS THE AIRPLANE SLOWED DOWN, THE NOSE BEGAN TO DROP. " HE CONTINUED, "THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY AND THE PROPELLER BEGAN TO BREAK UP AS IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND."  THE CFI THEN EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) STRUT WAS SHEARED WITHIN THE CENTER SECTION.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED SIGNS OF A CORROSION AND STRESS FRACTURE OF THE NLG STRUT.  WITNESSES STATED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO, PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT LANDING.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR FAILURE ANALYSIS.  THE RESULTS ARE TO BE FORWARDED TO THE FAA.

## Other reports on N79GX (1)

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

- [Incident 20110213006129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110213006129I), Feb 13, 2011: Remos Aircraft Gmbh REMOS GX (N79GX), Portage Des Sio, MO, Minor damage. The pilot stated that, on the 2nd landing, on runway 18 at kset, the aircraft touched down normally. The nose wheel touched the runway and was lifted slightly.…

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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