# Incident 20110109002719I: Remos Acft REMOS GX, Sebastian, FL, January 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Airport: Sebastian Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8133° N, 80.4956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBASTIAN MUNI (X26), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8133&lon=-80.4956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208GX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208GX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX (registry code 060006H, https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-acft-gmbh-flugzeugbau-remos-gx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMOS ACFT REMOS GX
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110109002719I

## Narrative

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

A REMOS AIRCRAFT WITH TWO ON BOARD WAS PERFORMING A TEST FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE. DURING ALL GROUND CHECKS EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE SOME CENTERING ISSUES, BUT UNRELATED. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT APPROACHED WITH MAIN WHEEL TOUCHDOWN, NO FLAPS AND PEDALS CENTERED. THE AIRCRAFT ELEVATOR AUTHORITY ERODED AND ALLOWED THE NOSE TO TOUCH DOWN & WITH THAT FELT AN IMMEDIATE PULLING TO THE LEFT, THE PIC RECALLS SEEING DISLODGED DEBRIS, THE PROPELLER TIPS THEN STRIKING THE GROUND AND HEARD GRINDING NOISES. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 4. THE EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED AND THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER INSPECTION INDICATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR FORK & WHEEL ASSEMBLY DEPARTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER WAS DELAMINATED IN WHICH WILL REQUIRE FURTHER INSTRUCTION AND OTHER SMALL AREAS OF DAMAGE WERE IDENTIFIED FROM THE STRIKE. WHEN MAINTENACE ARRIVED AND COMPLETED AN INITIAL INSPECTION THEY STATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY INSTALLED, BUT THIS ASSUMPTION WAS NOT YET CONFIRMED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND MOVED TO A NEARBY HANGAR.

## Other reports on N208GX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20111005024339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111005024339I), Oct 5, 2011: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX (N208GX), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. While performing a third touch and go at the Leesburg airport, on landing rollout at approximately 40 knots the student was about to add throttle for an…

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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