# Incident 20100421033319I: Letarte Pat ACRO SPORT, Lebanon, OH, April 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lebanon, OH
- Airport: Warren County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4256° N, 84.2132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lebanon, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4256&lon=-84.2132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59NE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59NE-2026-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Letarte Patrick ACRO SPORT II (registry code 056287T, https://openairdocs.org/model/letarte-patrick-acro-sport-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-290-D2 (registry code 42090, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-290-d2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LETARTE PAT ACRO SPORT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100421033319I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT WITNESSED BY TWO FAA INSPECTORS AND ONE PRIVATE CITIZEN. AIRCRAFT (ACROSPORT II), PILOTED BY MR. LETARTE, MADE A HARD LANDING BOUNCING 15 TO 20 FEET INTO THE AIR BEFORE HITTING THE RUNWAY AND AGAIN BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR. ON THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A BOUNCING OSCILLIATION FROM THE LEFT MAIN TIRE TO THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE AND BACK, AS IT TRAVELED DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LEFT OUR FIELD OF VIEW. AS WE APPROACHED THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY WE COULD SEE THE AIRCRAFT OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS, BUT WAS NOW FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION (SOUTH).  MR. LETARTE WAS OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WALKING BACK TO THE HANGER AREA. MR. LETARTE APPEARED TO BE UNINJURED AT THIS TIME. AS WE APPROACHED THE AIRCRAFT WE COULD SEE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE RIGHT WING. THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO SUFFER NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY WITH A LIGHT BREEZE. APPROACH WAS MADE TO RUNWAY '1' AT THE LEBANON/WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT, OHIO (I68).

## Other reports on N59NE (1)

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

- [Incident 20130923018699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130923018699I), Sep 23, 2013: Letarte Patrick ACRO SPORT II (N59NE), Lowell, MI, Minor damage. On September 23, 2013 at 1835 eastern daylight time, an experimental Acro Sport II aircraft, N59NE, registered to and operated by a private pilot, received…

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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