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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Auburn, WA · May 30, 2013

Date
May 30, 2013 · 19:00 local
Place
Auburn, WA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N937CD
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
270 total22 in this make and model43 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.

Pilot stated that he encountered a "gust of wind" upon touchdown and that the aircraft "ballooned". He added a slight amount of power and the aircraft touched down again on the nose wheel and began to "porpoise". After "a few" oscillations he brought the aircraft to a full stop and taxied to parking. Pilot was unaware that nosewheel pant had detached and struck propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A "GUST OF WIND" UPON TOUCHDOWN AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT "BALLOONED". HE ADDED A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND BEGAN TO "PORPOISE". AFTER "A FEW" OSCILLATIONS HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A FULL STOP AND TAXIED TO PARKING. PILOT WAS UNAWARE THAT NOSEWHEEL PANT HAD DETACHED AND STRUCK PROPELLER.