# Incident 20110413007449I: Paradise USA LLC PARADISE P-1 SLSA LW, Fort Payne, AL, April 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2011, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fort Payne, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4443° N, 85.7197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Payne, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4443&lon=-85.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N538JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N538JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Paradise USA PARADISE P-1 SLSA LW (registry code 060006V, https://openairdocs.org/model/paradise-usa-paradise-p-1-slsa-lw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PARADISE USA LLC PARADISE P-1 SLSA LW
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 11 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110413007449I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED ON LANDING AT FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA (4A9) THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN 300 FEET PAST THE NUMBERS AT 45 KNOTS. HE RELIEVED BACK PRESSURE TO ALLOW THE NOSE GEAR TO SETTLE AND WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROLS AND SHUT DOWN THE MAGNETOS. THIS STOPPED THE PROPELLER AND HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE NOSE OFF THE GROUND AND USE RUDDERS TO EXIT THE ACTIVE TO AN OLD TRANSIENT PARKING AREA UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LOSS LIFT AND SKIDDED TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N538JA (1)

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

- [Incident 20160217007019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160217007019I), Feb 17, 2016: Paradise USA LLC PARADISE P-1 SLSA LW (N538JA), Fernandia Beach, FL, Minor damage. After a short sight seeing flight on feb. 17th, [privacy data omitted] (pilot) returned to airport kfhb around 1100 hours and planned on one touch and go, then…

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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