# Incident 20150925021709I: Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540, Denton, TX, September 25, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2015, 04:00 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540BF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540BF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zivko Aeronautics EDGE 540 RXP (registry code 05630CI, https://openairdocs.org/model/zivko-aeronautics-edge-540-rxp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZIVKO AERONAUTICS INC EDGE 540
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,109 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150925021709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS MAKING A LANDING TOUCHED BOUNCED UP AND HELDED THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS IT HIT AGIAN AND THE WHEEL CAME OFF.

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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