# Incident 20110422006269I: Valor A-22 LS, Tybee Island, GA, April 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Tybee Island, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0094° N, 80.8562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tybee Island, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0094&lon=-80.8562&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456DK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456DK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeroprakt America A-22 LS (registry code 0600070, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeroprakt-america-a-22-ls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VALOR A-22 LS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,349 total, 183 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110422006269I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO DEMONSTRATE A SOFT FIELD LANDING WHEN THE LANDING GEAR SUNK INTO THE SAND CAUSING A PROP STRIKE AND THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND.  DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROP BLADES AND WRINKLING OCCURRED TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND LEFT AILERON.

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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