20151020018639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 14-19-3 · Sparta, WI · October 20, 2015

Date
October 20, 2015 · 11:36 local
Place
Sparta, WI
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8TQ
Reported as
Bellanca 14-19-3
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
112 total48 in this make and model3 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.

Pilot stated he was in the process of making a normal landing, the main wheels were on the ground and when the nose gear was lowered it collapsed, sustaining damage to the prop when it struck the runway and minor damage to the belly skin.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A NORMAL LANDING, THE MAIN WHEELS WERE ON THE GROUND AND WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WAS LOWERED IT COLLAPSED, SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO THE PROP WHEN IT STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY SKIN.