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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Symphony Aircraft Ind SA 160 · San Antonio, TX · June 5, 2014

Date
June 5, 2014 · 19:30 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N646SA
Reported as
Symphony Aircraft Ind SA 160
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
62 total61 in this make and model4 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.

Low time pilot bounced on landing after experiencing a small gust, propeller struck the ground and the nose gear strut collapsed on impact.

As the FAA filed it

LOW TIME PILOT BOUNCED ON LANDING AFTER EXPERIENCING A SMALL GUST, PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE NOSE GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED ON IMPACT.