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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Plumery Charles G MUSTANG II · Brooksville, FL · October 30, 2015

Date
October 30, 2015 · 13:23 local
Place
Brooksville, FL
Airport
Brooksville
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N136ZP
Reported as
Plumery Charles G Mustang II
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
302 total1 in this make and model7 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.

The pilot requested a high speed taxi on runway 27 at Brooksville Airport to test the airspeed indicator. There was no intention to fly. The aircraft briefly went airborne several feet. The aircraft returned to the runway, contacting the nose gear, bounced and restruck the nose gear. The nose gear collapsed, followed by the prop striking the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REQUESTED A HIGH SPEED TAXI ON RUNWAY 27 AT BROOKSVILLE AIRPORT TO TEST THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR. THERE WAS NO INTENTION TO FLY. THE AIRCRAFT BRIEFLY WENT AIRBORNE SEVERAL FEET. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY, CONTACTING THE NOSE GEAR, BOUNCED AND RESTRUCK THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY.