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FAA incident report · Aircraft Mfg & Design CH650LS · Lovelock, NV · November 24, 2012

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Date
November 24, 2012 · 10:00 local
Place
Lovelock, NV
Airport
Derby Field Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N639LS
Reported as
Aircraft Mfg & Design CH650LS
Reported engine
Continental O-200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
21 total1 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days
N639LSRegistered now · Aircraft Mfg & Design CH650LSS/N 650-107 · Built 2009Airframe modelAircraft Mfg & Design CH650LSEngine modelContinental O-200A4 cycle

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.

On down wind at the destination airport on her first solo cross country flight, the student pilot selected half flaps, reduced the power and pitched the nose down to an approach speed of 70 mph. On short final, the student pilot realized she was too high and dropped the nose of the Aircraft. The Aircraft contacted the runway damaging the nose gear. At about the same time, the student pilot tried to level off and pulled the stick back. The Aircraft took off, stalled and then again, nosed into the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON DOWN WIND AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT ON HER FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT SELECTED HALF FLAPS, REDUCED THE POWER AND PITCHED THE NOSE DOWN TO AN APPROACH SPEED OF 70 MPH. ON SHORT FINAL, THE STUDENT PILOT REALIZED SHE WAS TOO HIGH AND DROPPED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THE STUDENT PILOT TRIED TO LEVEL OFF AND PULLED THE STICK BACK. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF, STALLED AND THEN AGAIN, NOSED INTO THE RUNWAY.