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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Flight Design CTSW · Rochester, MN · October 17, 2013

Date
October 17, 2013 · 10:43 local
Place
Rochester, MN
Airport
Rochester International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N98CR
Reported as
Flight Design Ctsw
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
62 total21 in this make and model13 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.

According to the student pilot's statement, he was on his third landing of a solo Flight. The aircraft bounced a few times on landing, with the aircraft turning a bit more to the right each time it became airborn due to the slight crosswind. Upon touching down on the last bounce, the aircraft was headed towards the right edge of the runway. According to the pilot, he applied brakes and pushed hard on the left rudder in an attempt to steer the aircraft away from the runway edge. The aircraft departed the runway into the grass and struck a runway light with the propeller, nose gear and then the right main gear. The aircraft sustained minor damage which amounted to damage to all three propeller blades and damage to the nose wheel, nose wheel pant and right main gear pant.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT'S STATEMENT, HE WAS ON HIS THIRD LANDING OF A SOLO FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A FEW TIMES ON LANDING, WITH THE AIRCRAFT TURNING A BIT MORE TO THE RIGHT EACH TIME IT BECAME AIRBORN DUE TO THE SLIGHT CROSSWIND. UPON TOUCHING DOWN ON THE LAST BOUNCE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED TOWARDS THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE APPLIED BRAKES AND PUSHED HARD ON THE LEFT RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR AND THEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH AMOUNTED TO DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES AND DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL, NOSE WHEEL PANT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR PANT.