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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Atwell Douglas J VM-1 ESQUAL · Los Lunas, NM · June 14, 2016

Date: June 14, 2016 · 10:30 local
Place: Los Lunas, NM
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N117DA
Reported as: Atwell Douglas J VM-1 Esqual
Reported engine: Amateur-built J-3300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 26,000 total60 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N117DARegistered now · Atwell Douglas J VM-1 ESQUALS/N E180045 · Built 2004 Airframe modelAtwell Douglas J VM-1 ESQUAL Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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 June 14, 2016, at approximately 10:30 MDT, N117DA, an Atwell Douglas J., model-VM-1 esqual, single engine experimental, amateur built airplane, registered to privacy data omitted was practicing landings at midvalley airpark (E98) in Los Lunas, new Mexico. Upon landing, the aircraft bounced twice, landing on the nose wheel and bending the nose gear strut support tube. The propeller did not strike the runway. There was no other damage to the aircraft and there were no injuries. The flight originated at Los Lunas, NM. On June 14, 2016.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 14, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 MDT, N117DA, AN ATWELL DOUGLAS J., MODEL-VM-1 ESQUAL, SINGLE ENGINE EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT MIDVALLEY AIRPARK (E98) IN LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE, LANDING ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND BENDING THE NOSE GEAR STRUT SUPPORT TUBE.THE PROPELLER DID NOT STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LOS LUNAS, NM. ON JUNE 14, 2016.