20121211026699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Liberty Aerospace XL-2 · Lynchburg, VA · December 11, 2012

Date
December 11, 2012 · 13:16 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N208AU
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA092
Reported as
Liberty Aerospace XL-2
Reported engine
Continental IO-240-B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
81 total81 in this make and model21 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.

The student pilot was on a solo cross country flight. The student pilot lost control on landing. The aircraft struck hard on the nose wheel and the propeller struck the runway. The nose wheel came off and aircraft traveled off of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF AND AIRCRAFT TRAVELED OFF OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.