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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cook Norman Zenith TRI · Phoenix, AZ · May 17, 2010

Date
May 17, 2010 · 09:50 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3233U
Reported as
Cook Norman Zenith TRI
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Mr. Permoda, student/owner, on may 17, 2010, was practicing touch and go's under instruction at iwa. The first touchdown was a hard hit on the landing gear. The second touch and go. The aircraft nose gear touched down sweared to the right, at which time the nose gear collapsed from right to left. Prop struck runway. The weather was clear and wind was calm.

As the FAA filed it

MR. PERMODA, STUDENT/OWNER, ON MAY 17, 2010, WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S UNDER INSTRUCTION AT IWA.THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN WAS A HARD HIT ON THE LANDING GEAR. THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN SWEARED TO THE RIGHT, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. PROP STRUCK RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND WIND WAS CALM.