# Incident 20140813018289I: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Mckinney, TX, August 13, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2014, 10:15 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1976° N, 96.6153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McKinney, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1976&lon=-96.6153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550PS-2015-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140813018289I

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED REPORT FROM ROC ON AN AIRCRAFT THAT SUFFERED A NLG COLLAPSE ON LANDING AT TKI. DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE, FOUND AIRCRAFT ALREADY TOWED OFF RUNWAY AND TIED DOWN ON RAMP. PILOT ALREADY HAD LEFT AREA.  AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO COWLING AND NOSE WHEEL PANT. NOSE GEAR LEG WAS BENT. PROPELLER DELAMINATED FROM RUNWAY CONTACT. PICS OF DAMAGE TAKEN. WEATHER WAS CLEAR/PARTLY CLOUDY APPROX 90 DEGREES. WINDS 4 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH.

SPOKE TO PILOT ON TELEPHONE AND HE STATED THE FOLLOWING "HAD LEFT ADS AND PERFORMED 3 SUCCESSFUL APPROACH/LAND/TAXI/TAKEOFF OPERATIONS AT TKI. ON 4TH ATTEMPT, TOUCHDOWN ON MAINS AT APPROX 62 KNOTS, AS THE NOSE CAME DOWN HEARD A POP. EASED BACK ON STICK TO RELIEVE PRESSURE, THINKING MAYBE THE NOSE WHEEL WAS MISSALIGNED (FREE CASTERING NOSE WHEEL). AS NOSE SETTLED BACK IT POPPED AGAIN AND THIS TIME FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT UP ON ITS NOSE. SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY APPROX 100 FEET TO A STOP. NO INJURIES. NLG WAS COLLAPSED UNDER FUSELAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND NLG LOWERED INTO PLACE. (NON RETRACT GEAR). AIRCRAFT TOWED TO RAMP.

SPOKE TO TOWER PERSONNEL ON DUTY AND WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT SEE THE APPROACH OR LANDING, ONLY NOTICING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON ITS NOSE.

## Other reports on N550PS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20141027022419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141027022419I), Oct 27, 2014: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT (N550PS), Plano, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot experienced complete engine failure at a low altitude. Was unable to restart the engine. Located a clear area and landed but was unable to turn into the…

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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