# Incident 20110903018459I: Hanlon Robert GS-2 SPORTSMAN, Fitchburg, MA, September 3, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2011, 14:40 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6019° N, 71.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fitchburg, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6019&lon=-71.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N128BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hanlon Robert GS-2 SPORTSMAN (registry code 056245R, https://openairdocs.org/model/hanlon-robert-gs-2-sportsman) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HANLON ROBERT GS-2 SPORTSMAN
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YO 360 A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 80 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903018459I

## Narrative

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

AS STATED BY THE PILOT, HE AND MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FITCHBURG, MA (FIT) FOR TURNER FALLS, MA (0B5).  LANDING 0B5 RUNWAY 34, THE APPROACH WAS A LITTLE HIGH AND FAST AND THE THE TOUCH DOWN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE.  TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN THE SECOND TIME MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HEARD A LOUD BANG WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS THE NOSE TIRE POPPING, AT WHICH TIME HE ABORTED THE LANDING AND INITIATED A GO AROUND.  AT THAT TIME UNICOM AT 0B5 CALLED AIRCRAFT DEPARTING TURNER FALLS YOUR NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE GEAR.  MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROCEEDED BACK TO FIT WHERE HE CONTACTED UNICOM AND DID SEVERAL LOW PASSES TO ACCESS THE DAMAGE.  OTHER THAN THE NOSE WHEEL MISSING THERE WAS NO OTHER OBVIOUS DAMAGE.  AFTER FIRE / RESCUE MOVED INTO PLACE MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AND HELD THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP UNTIL HE LOST AIRSPEED.  MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND BOTH HE AND HIS PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE LOWER COWLING.

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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