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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft MF CH 2000 · Atwater, CA · May 24, 2010

Date
May 24, 2010 · 11:47 local
Place
Atwater, CA
Airport
Castle Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
SRJS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N366AM
Reported as
Aircraft MF CH 2000
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total200 in this make and model100 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.

Student pilot with instructor was practicing stop and go takeoffs and landings. On the second landing the student began his flare approx 100 feet AGL and entered a high rate of sink. The instructor 'took the controls' applied power, however the Aircraft landed 'hard' on the main tires, then struck the prop and the nose gear sheared off.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WITH INSTRUCTOR WAS PRACTICING STOP AND GO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. ON THE SECOND LANDING THE STUDENT BEGAN HIS FLARE APPROX 100 FEET AGL AND ENTERED A HIGH RATE OF SINK.THE INSTRUCTOR 'TOOK THE CONTROLS' APPLIED POWER, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 'HARD' ON THE MAIN TIRES, THEN STRUCK THE PROP AND THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF.