# Incident 20110209002069I: Czech Aircr SPORTCRUISE, Prescott, AZ, February 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2011, 12:19 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221PL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CZECH AIRCR SPORTCRUISE
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 122 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110209002069I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING IN KPRC PILOT STATES THE WINDS WERE GUSTY. FURTHER, HE STATED ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDING HE CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. DURING THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD, LANDING ON THE NOSEWHEEL FIRST. THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP.

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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