# Incident 20121120025149I: Butner Vl/Butner Md ZENITH CH701, Beloit, WI, November 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2012, 14:30 local time
- Place: Beloit, WI
- Airport: Beloit Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4978° N, 88.9676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELOIT (44C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4978&lon=-88.9676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91495, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91495) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Butner Vl/Butner MD ZENITH CH701 (registry code 056209G, https://openairdocs.org/model/butner-vl-butner-md-zenith-ch701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUTNER VL/BUTNER MD ZENITH CH701
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 5 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121120025149I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONDUCT A FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT THE BELOIT AIRPORT, THE MISHAP PILOT WAS CORRECTING FOR AN OVERSHOOTING CROSSWIND. WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 320 AT 7KTS. HE HAD ALREADY GONE AROUND TWICE, AND WAS ON HIS THIRD ATTEMPT. AFTER INTERCEPTING THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE HE ESTABLISHED A CROSSWIND CORRECTION, AND IN CLOSE TO HIS TOUCHDOWN POINT HE RECOGNIZED A HIGH SINK RATE. HE CORRECTED WITH POWER, BUT USED TOO MUCH THROTTLE ALONG WITH TOO MUCH RIGHT RUDDER TO COMPENSATE FOR TORQUE. HE LANDED FIRM ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND IMMEDIATELY AND AGGRESSIVELY APPLIED THE BRAKES. BEING AS THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH ITS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AT TOUCHDOWN AND INITIAL ROLL OUT, A LATERAL LOAD WAS INTRODUCED TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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