# Incident 20140721014219I: Beasley Keith R RV-9A, Albuquerque, NM, July 21, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2014, 08:55 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3083W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEASLEY KEITH R RV-9A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Recreational pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 489 total, 284 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140721014219I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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