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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Franks Erik VELOCITY XL RG · Sebastian, FL · May 4, 2013

Date
May 4, 2013 · 18:45 local
Place
Sebastian, FL
Airport
Sebastian Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6ZL
Reported as
Franks Erik Velocity XL RG
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total80 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.

N6ZL took off of X26 Sebastian, Florida and while making landing nose gear collapsed. Aircraft has minimal damage to landing gear. Pilot was making a test flight to possible purchase aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

N6ZL TOOK OFF OF X26 SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA AND WHILE MAKING LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT HAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR. PILOT WAS MAKING A TEST FLIGHT TO POSSIBLE PURCHASE AIRCRAFT.