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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beasley Keith R RV-9A · Albuquerque, NM · July 21, 2014

Date: July 21, 2014 · 08:55 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3083W
Reported as: Beasley Keith R RV-9A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Recreational pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 489 total284 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July 21, 2014, at 0855 MDT, N3083W, a van?s RV-9A, a single engine, amateur built airplane, was returning to the double eagle ii airport (aeg), Albuquerque, NM, after a practice flight south of the airport. The weather was visual meteorological conditions and the flight was conducted under visual flight rules. Under tower control, the aircraft made a normal approach to runway 22. At touchdown, the aircraft bounced and began to porpoise as the pilot attempted to complete the landing. After three cycles, the aircraft came down nose first, striking the ground with enough force to deflate the nose tire, bend the nose gear to the rear and break the wheel pant off of its attaching points. The pilot taxied the aircraft off of runway 22 onto taxiway A-5, shut it down and informed the tower that the aircraft was disabled. The damage was limited to the nose gear, wheel and tire, along with the nose wheel pant. The pilot and the passenger were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 21, 2014, AT 0855 MDT, N3083W, A VAN?S RV-9A, A SINGLE ENGINE, AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE, WAS RETURNING TO THE DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT (AEG), ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AFTER A PRACTICE FLIGHT SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE WEATHER WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. UNDER TOWER CONTROL, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22. AT TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COMPLETE THE LANDING. AFTER THREE CYCLES, THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN NOSE FIRST, STRIKING THE GROUND WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO DEFLATE THE NOSE TIRE, BEND THE NOSE GEAR TO THE REAR AND BREAK THE WHEEL PANT OFF OF ITS ATTACHING POINTS. THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF RUNWAY 22 ONTO TAXIWAY A-5, SHUT IT DOWN AND INFORMED THE TOWER THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISABLED. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR, WHEEL AND TIRE, ALONG WITH THE NOSE WHEEL PANT. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.