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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Desi SR20 · Victoria, TX · July 7, 2010

Date
July 7, 2010 · 14:30 local
Place
Victoria, TX
Airport
Victoria Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
CE85
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N494DA
Reported as
Cirrus Desi SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360-ES
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
78 total78 in this make and model35 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 departed ellington field, houston, Texas on a planned cross country flight to Victoria Regional Airport, Victoria, Texas. Upon arrivial at vct the student pilot requested multible touch and go landings. Vct tower observed that the aircraft bounced hard on the nose gear during the third touch and go landing. The pilot executed a balked landing and then flew the traffic pattern resulting in a normal landing. After landing the pilot taxied to FBO and shut down. The student pilot was informed of the propeller damage by fboline service personnel.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED ELLINGTON FIELD, HOUSTON, TEXAS ON A PLANNED CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO VICTORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT, VICTORIA, TEXAS. UPON ARRIVIAL AT VCT THE STUDENT PILOT REQUESTED MULTIBLE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. VCT TOWER OBSERVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR DURING THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO LANDING. THE PILOT EXECUTED A BALKED LANDING AND THEN FLEW THE TRAFFIC PATTERN RESULTING IN A NORMAL LANDING. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT TAXIED TO FBO AND SHUT DOWN. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS INFORMED OF THE PROPELLER DAMAGE BY FBOLINE SERVICE PERSONNEL.