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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Hagerty Charles J RV-7A · Martinsburg, PA · June 15, 2013

Date
June 15, 2013 · 14:00 local
Place
Martinsburg, PA
Airport
Altoona-Blair County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N954CH
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13LA288
Reported as
Hagerty Charles J RV-7A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
137 total46 in this make and model25 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.

Upon landing, the pilot,privacy data omitted, porpoised the airplane, bouncing and then landing nose first. The aircrafts nose wheel bent and the aircraft flipped over on to its back.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING, THE PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PORPOISED THE AIRPLANE, BOUNCING AND THEN LANDING NOSE FIRST. THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE WHEEL BENT AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON TO ITS BACK.

NTSB investigation

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