# Accident 20110226003109A: Liberty Aer LIBERTY XL-, Burlington, NC, February 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2011, 10:05 local time
- Place: Burlington, NC
- Airport: Burlington-Alamance Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 36.1011° N, 79.9411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1011&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N646XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N646XL-2014-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2 (registry code 5200000, https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LIBERTY AER LIBERTY XL-
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110226003109A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GSO AND TRAVELED 30 MINUTES TO THE EAST TO BUY AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE TOUCH AND GOES. THE AIRCRAFT MAKE TWO LANDING WITH NO ISSUES. IT WAS REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING FAST AND ONLY ROLLING OUT ABOUT TEN FEET BEFORE BEING AIRBORNE AGAIN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ALL LANDINGS WERE FLAT WITH ALL 3 GEAR MAKING CONTACT AT THE SAME TIME. ON THE THIRD APPROACH, HE LANDED VERY HARD. TWO WITNESSES REPORTED THE SAME STORY TO THIS POINT. ONE WITTNESS REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT BOUNCE ON THE THRID LANDING AND THE SECOND WITTENESS REPORTED THAT HE BOUNCED THREE TIME ON THE 3RD LANDING. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF JUST ABOVE THE NOSE FORK.  MARKS INDICATED THAT THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY 11 TIMES. GOUGES WERE FOUND FROM THE NOSE FORK HITTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THEN VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE APPROMITATELY 724 FEET FROM TOUCH DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE DIRTY AND ROSE UP IN THE AIR BUT SETTLED BACK ONTO THE MAIN GEAR. THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY B. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS ONE PROPPELLER BLADE WAS MISSING. SECOND BLADE WAS DAMAGE BUT MOSTLY THERE. TWO HOLES IN BELLY CAUSED BY NOSE WHEEL. FIREWALL DAMAGE. LOWER COWLING AND EXHAUST.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA11CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA169), Feb 26, 2011: Liberty Aerospace Liberty XL-2 (N646XL), Burlington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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