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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aero SP Z O O AT-4 LSA · Northampton, MA · August 4, 2016

Date
August 4, 2016 · 16:00 local
Place
Northampton, MA
Airport
Northampton
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N703GB
Reported as
Aero SP Z O O AT-4 LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot

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.

Bounced landing resulting in porposing and lose of directional control. Nose gear separated from the aircraft resulting in damage to the firewall and underside of forward fuselage. All three propeller blades sheared at the propeller hub when propeller struck the ground. Some denting of the right wing tip leading edge also occured.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED LANDING RESULTING IN PORPOSING AND LOSE OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND UNDERSIDE OF FORWARD FUSELAGE. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES SHEARED AT THE PROPELLER HUB WHEN PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. SOME DENTING OF THE RIGHT WING TIP LEADING EDGE ALSO OCCURED.