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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gregory R Sebold SONEX · Eden Prairie, MN · August 21, 2013

Date
August 21, 2013 · 10:09 local
Place
Eden Prairie, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N105GR
Reported as
Gregory R Sebold Sonex
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
17,018 total1 in this make and model190 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.

During landing on runway 28L at fcm, the pilot touched down, skipped and touched down a second time. During the second touchdown, the main landing contacted the runway and then the nose came down quickly, breaking the nose gear, striking the prop on the runway and veered to the right. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 28L AT FCM, THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN, SKIPPED AND TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME. DURING THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN LANDING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THEN THE NOSE CAME DOWN QUICKLY, BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR, STRIKING THE PROP ON THE RUNWAY AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.