# Accident 20120713015189A: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Sanford, ME, July 13, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2012, 15:40 local time
- Place: Sanford, ME
- Airport: Sanford Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 43.3894° N, 70.7067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3894&lon=-70.7067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 43 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA461](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA461) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120713015189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT'S STATEMENTON THE FIRST LEG OF SOLO CROSS COUNTRY.  FLYING OUT OF BVY. WIND WAS FROM THE WEST, SO I PLANNED ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 32. I HAD MADE MY DUAL CROSS COUNTRY TO SFM AND USED THAT RUNWAY ON THAT OCCASION.  I APPROACHED SFM FROM THE NORTH SO I COULD ENTER ALEFT PATTERN FOR 32. AFTER ENTERING THE PATTERN I OBSERVED THE WIND SOCK POINTING NORTH. I CHANGED MY PLAN AND DECIDED TO USE RUNWAY 25 INSTEAD. THE LEAF-SPRING LANDING GEAR AND THE PLANES LIGHT WEIGHT MAKE THE SPORT PRONE TO PORPOISE AFTER A HARD LANDING. I MADE TWO ATTEMPTS WITH FULL FLAPS AND COULD NOT GET THE PLANE TO FLAIR, GOING AROUNDEACH TIME AFTER INITIAL CONTACT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO HIT THETHROTLE AND GO AROUND BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO IT 3 TIMES EITHER.  ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT I LANDED HARD AGAIN THIS TIME I DID NOT BEGIN THE GO AROUND AT ONCE BECAUSE I THOUGHT I COULD BRING THE PLANE BACK INTO GROUND EFFECT BY ADDING A LITTLE POWER BUT I DIDN'T ADD POWER QUICK ENOUGH AND THE PLANE CAME DOWN AGAIN ON THE FRONT LANDING GEAR AND ITCRUMPLED AND THE NOSE AND THE PROP WENT INTO THE RUNNWAY.

## 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 ERA12CA461](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA461), Jul 13, 2012: Czech Sport Piper Sport (N602PS), Sanford, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inadequate landing flare and 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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