# Incident 20130406004109I: Krotje Peter R ESQUAL VM-1, Stephenville, TX, April 6, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2013, 12:15 local time
- Place: Stephenville, TX
- Airport: Stephenville Clark Regional Ai
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2153° N, 98.1777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEPHENVILLE CLARK RGNL (SEP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2153&lon=-98.1777&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N622EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Krotje Peter R ESQUAL VM-1 (registry code 05617CK, https://openairdocs.org/model/krotje-peter-r-esqual-vm-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KROTJE PETER R ESQUAL VM-1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 9 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130406004109I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RWY 14 AT KSEP, AT APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET ABOVE THE RWY, THE AIRMAN STATED THAT A DOWN GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE NOSE WHEEL FIRST BREAKING THE NOSE WHEEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, RETURNING TO APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY DUE TO A CROSSWIND (190/17G24) AND LANDED IN THE SOD AREA ABEAM THE RWY APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS SOUTH OF THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING APPROXIMATELY 200 DEGREES WITH THE ENTIRE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN WHEEL DETACHED AND A DESTROYED PROPELLER .

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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