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.
Sunny Sunday. 2.0 VFR flight hwy to W91. Then 1.6 flight from W91 back to hwy. on third visual approach to rwy 15 at Warrenton-fauqier airport Ercoupe N3353H landed hard on nose gear after low airspeed on flair. Possibly too high on flair. Lost nose wheel and skidding on gear post along rwy 15 at hwy. prop damage but no prop blade curling noted. Also nose strut damage.
As the FAA filed it
SUNNY SUNDAY. 2.0 VFR FLIGHT HWY TO W91. THEN 1.6 FLIGHT FROM W91 BACK TO HWY. ON THIRD VISUAL APPROACH TO RWY 15 AT WARRENTON-FAUQIER AIRPORT ERCOUPE N3353H LANDED HARD ON NOSE GEAR AFTER LOW AIRSPEED ON FLAIR. POSSIBLY TOO HIGH ON FLAIR. LOST NOSE WHEEL AND SKIDDING ON GEAR POST ALONG RWY 15 AT HWY. PROP DAMAGE BUT NO PROP BLADE CURLING NOTED. ALSO NOSE STRUT DAMAGE.
Other reports on N3353H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.