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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Czech Sport PIPER SPORT · Spartenburg, SC · September 11, 2015

Date
September 11, 2015 · 17:45 local
Place
Spartenburg, SC
Airport
Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N442DD
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA15CA297
Reported as
Czech Sport Piper Sport
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
110 total18 in this make and model9 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.

privacy data omitted Stated that during landing he misjudged his height and the aircraft hit hard and bounced. While trying to recover the aircraft stalled and the propeller hit the runway.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT DURING LANDING HE MISJUDGED HIS HEIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND BOUNCED. WHILE TRYING TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.