# Incident 20100430032679I: Cirrus Desi SR20, Ocala, FL, April 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2010, 11:00 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 29.1872° N, 82.1401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocala, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1872&lon=-82.1401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N470DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N470DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESI SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 63 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100430032679I

## Narrative

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

ON 30 APR 2010 AT APPROX 1100 EDT, STUDENT PILOT DANIEL Y. LACKEY, WHILE CONDUCTING AN AUTHORIZED SOLO X-C FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED A PROP STRIKE UPON PORPOISING DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN AT OCALA-JIM TAYLOR FIELD (KOCF), OCALA, FL.  STUDENT STATED HE HAD BEEN HOLDING MANAGEABLE CROSSWIND CORRECTION ON FINAL AND WAS MAINTAINING STABILIZED APPROACH WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY SETTLED ONTO THE MAINS AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND SIDESKIP.  STUDENT RECOGNIZED PORPOISING MOTION AND CORRECTED BY INITIATING GO-AROUND: STUDENT PITCHED FOR CLIMB AND ADDED POWER.  STUDENT STATES HE DID NOT REALIZE PROP STRIKE HAD OCCURRED, AND THAT AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE APPEARED NORMAL ON CLIMBOUT.   STUDENT RETURNED TO BASE AT SANFORD (KSFB) AND MADE NORMAL LANDING.  POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED APPROX 1/8 TO 1/16" OF EACH BLADE TIP HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HARD SURFACE, SHOWING VERY MILD BUT CLASSIC PROP STRIKE TIP ABRASION.    FAA "ON-SCENE" AT SANFORD BASE VICE OCALA TO INSPECT AIRCRAFT AND CONDUCT INVESTIGATION.

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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