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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Charles L Hartman Zentih 701 · Mendota, IL · May 23, 2015

Date
May 23, 2015 · 13:00 local
Place
Mendota, IL
Airport
Grandpas' Farm Mendota
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N697MF
Reported as
Charles L Hartman Zentih 701
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

During high-speed taxi test (no intent for flight) the nose landing gear bungee (p/n 1080) broke causing the nose landing gear to collapse. The aircraft nosed over onto its back damaging the wings, empennage, engine, and prop. The pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

DURING HIGH-SPEED TAXI TEST (NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT) THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BUNGEE (P/N 1080) BROKE CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK DAMAGING THE WINGS, EMPENNAGE, ENGINE, AND PROP. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.