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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Morehead CH KR-2 · Rancho Murietta, CA · September 2, 2010

Date
September 2, 2010 · 09:45 local
Place
Rancho Murietta, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N522PC
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR10LA445
Reported as
Morehead CH KR-2
Reported engine
Revmaster 2100
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
242 total1 in this make and model7 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.

This was the second flight of the day for the aircraft. The first was conducted by the passenger with privacy data omitted in the right seat. After refueling the second flight was conducted with privacy data omitted in the left seat and the pilot of the first flight in the passenger seat. The first approach to landing was discontinued and a go around was performed. On the second landing attempt the aircraft bounced and an attempt to salvage the landing was made by moving the stick forward. This caused the nose wheel to impact the runway causing the aircraft to bounce a second time. When the nose gear made contact with the runway the third time it collapsed causing the propeller to strike the runway and disintegrate. The aircraft slid toward the left edge of the runway. As it exited into the dirt the nose dug in and the aircraft overturned.

As the FAA filed it

THIS WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY FOR THE AIRCRAFT. THE FIRST WAS CONDUCTED BY THE PASSENGER WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE RIGHT SEAT. AFTER REFUELING THE SECOND FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE LEFT SEAT AND THE PILOT OF THE FIRST FLIGHT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE FIRST APPROACH TO LANDING WAS DISCONTINUED AND A GO AROUND WAS PERFORMED. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND AN ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE THE LANDING WAS MADE BY MOVING THE STICK FORWARD. THIS CAUSED THE NOSE WHEEL TO IMPACT THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE A SECOND TIME. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE THIRD TIME IT COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND DISINTEGRATE. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TOWARD THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. AS IT EXITED INTO THE DIRT THE NOSE DUG IN AND THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.