# Incident 20100704039709I: Iniziative SKY ARROW 6, West Lafayette, IN, July 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2010, 14:43 local time
- Place: West Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N448SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: INIZIATIVE SKY ARROW 6
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100704039709I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 4, 2010 STUDENT PILOT HEATHER SHULTZ WAS PERFORMING AN APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 23 AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (KLAF) IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. EXAMINATION OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT ON JULY 5, 2010 AT KLAF REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR APPEARS TO HAVE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE MAIN GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THIS RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR STRUT BECOMING BENT AFT APPROXIMATELY 45-DEGREES, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT ATTACH BOLTS SHEARING FROM THE BULKHEAD, THE SHOCK ABSORBER UPPER ATTACH BOLT TO BECOME SHEARED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE INCURRING DAMAGE (FLAT-SPOTTED). IN ADDITION, THE SHOCK ABSORBER ARM CONTACTED THE LOWER FUSELAGE (FROM THE STRUT BENDING ACTION), CAUSING A PUNCTURE APPROXIMATELY 1-INCH IN DIAMETER. ADDITIONAL MINOR DAMAGES (SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS) WERE NOTED IN THE SAME VICINITY ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND THE DAMAGE IS CONSIDERED MINOR.

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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