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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rans S-6ES · Spearfish, SD · July 9, 2010

Date
July 9, 2010 · 13:30 local
Place
Spearfish, SD
Airport
Clyde Ice Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N155MT
Reported as
Rans S-6ES
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
132 total100 in this make and model5 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.

On 07/09/2010 at approximately 1215 local an experimental light sport aircraft departed the Spearfish airport (spf) for some local flying. At approximately 1315 local the aircraft landed on runway 03 (turf), the pilot stated the aircraft rolled through a depression on the grass strip, unexpectently went airborne and touched down nose gear first. As the aircraft rolled out the pilot stated he could feel the nose gear starting to collapse. The pilot stated he stopped the aircraft before the nose gear fully collapsed and attemped to turn the aircraft when the nose gear fully collapsed and the prop struck the ground. The pilot and his passenger exited the aircraft uninjured. The aircraft was physically moved off the active runway by the pilot and his passenger.

As the FAA filed it

ON 07/09/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 LOCAL AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SPEARFISH AIRPORT (SPF) FOR SOME LOCAL FLYING. AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 LOCAL THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 03 (TURF), THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED THROUGH A DEPRESSION ON THE GRASS STRIP, UNEXPECTENTLY WENT AIRBORNE AND TOUCHED DOWN NOSE GEAR FIRST. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT THE PILOT STATED HE COULD FEEL THE NOSE GEAR STARTING TO COLLAPSE. THE PILOT STATED HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR FULLY COLLAPSED AND ATTEMPED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FULLY COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PHYSICALLY MOVED OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY BY THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER.