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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Meer Robert RV7A · Oshkosh, WI · July 27, 2014

Date
July 27, 2014 · 17:50 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N523RM
Reported as
Meer Robert RV7A
Reported engine
Superior IO-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,617 total156 in this make and model8 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.

Aircraft was landing rwy 9 kosh , using eaa airventure radio monitor only arrival procedures, when a gust front was encountered just as the aircraft touched down. Winds had been from the north and steady in the teens but the gust front had winds from the north at up to 26KTS. Aircraft bounced and nosewheel collapsed resulting in propeller strike with ground. Aircraft slid to edge of runway on nose gear tube. Two occupants no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING RWY 9 KOSH , USING EAA AIRVENTURE RADIO MONITOR ONLY ARRIVAL PROCEDURES, WHEN A GUST FRONT WAS ENCOUNTERED JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. WINDS HAD BEEN FROM THE NORTH AND STEADY IN THE TEENS BUT THE GUST FRONT HAD WINDS FROM THE NORTH AT UP TO 26KTS. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED RESULTING IN PROPELLER STRIKE WITH GROUND. AIRCRAFT SLID TO EDGE OF RUNWAY ON NOSE GEAR TUBE. TWO OCCUPANTS NO INJURIES.