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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thomas A Siminski ZENITH CH 750 · Allentown, PA · September 9, 2012

Date
September 9, 2012 · 15:00 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown Queen City Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1750Z
Reported as
Thomas A Siminski Zenith CH 750
Reported engine
Corvair GO-140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
260 total8 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon landing, aircraft stalled just prior to touchdown causing aircraft to land hard causing a jolt and bounce, at time of jolt pilot advanced throttle and pushed forward on control yoke causing nose over. Aircraft impacted runway, collapsing nose wheel causing the propeller and right wingtip to strike the ground.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT STALLED JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD CAUSING A JOLT AND BOUNCE, AT TIME OF JOLT PILOT ADVANCED THROTTLE AND PUSHED FORWARD ON CONTROL YOKE CAUSING NOSE OVER. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RUNWAY, COLLAPSING NOSE WHEEL CAUSING THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WINGTIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

Other reports on N1750Z · 1

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