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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Belknap Ronald L STOL CH 750 · Madera, CA · May 21, 2014

Date: May 21, 2014 · 10:00 local
Place: Madera, CA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N39PE
Reported as: Belknap Ronald L Stol CH 750
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-233 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,300 total9 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N39PERegistered now · Belknap Ronald L STOL CH 750S/N 75-7820 · Built 2013 Airframe modelBelknap Ronald L STOL CH 750 Engine modelLycoming IO-233 seriesReciprocating

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.

On may 21, 2014, N39PE, a zenith stol CH750, was involved in an incident when the pilot lost control during a landing due to a crosswind and slow airspeed. The pilot had made several landings at the airport, however, during the last landing he allowed the aircraft to get too slow and the crosswind surprised the pilot causing the aircraft to land hard and break its nose wheel off. There were no injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 21, 2014, N39PE, A ZENITH STOL CH750, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHEN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING A LANDING DUE TO A CROSSWIND AND SLOW AIRSPEED. THE PILOT HAD MADE SEVERAL LANDINGS AT THE AIRPORT, HOWEVER, DURING THE LAST LANDING HE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO GET TOO SLOW AND THE CROSSWIND SURPRISED THE PILOT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD AND BREAK ITS NOSE WHEEL OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.