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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Czech Sport PIPER SPORT · Greeley, CO · May 12, 2016

Date
May 12, 2016 · 11:27 local
Place
Greeley, CO
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N724PS
Reported as
Czech Sport Piper Sport
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,960 total

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.

On may 11, 2016 a Piper light sport aircraft experienced a nose wheel collapse that resulted in a slow RPM prop strike on touchdown and rollout. No injuries to the pilot on board.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 11, 2016 A PIPER LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSE THAT RESULTED IN A SLOW RPM PROP STRIKE ON TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT ON BOARD.