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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Clapp William Merle KR2-S · Iowa City, IA · May 3, 2017

Date
May 3, 2017 · 09:15 local
Place
Iowa City, IA
Airport
Iowa City
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41768
Reported as
Clapp William Merle KR2-S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,016 total1 in this make and model18 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 airman was making his second flight in the aircraft to become comfortable with it?s characteristics. The airman was planning on practicing full stop landings on runway 25. After takeoff the airman climbed to altitude and remained in the traffic pattern. The airman began his decent on final at 95 mph until reducing the power over the runway. The aircraft impacted the ground at an excessive rate causing it to become airborne. The aircraft drifted off the runway, hitting two runway lights and impacted a second time in the grass to side of the runway. The aircraft then nosed over striking the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN WAS MAKING HIS SECOND FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH IT?S CHARACTERISTICS. THE AIRMAN WAS PLANNING ON PRACTICING FULL STOP LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 25. AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRMAN CLIMBED TO ALTITUDE AND REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE AIRMAN BEGAN HIS DECENT ON FINAL AT 95 MPH UNTIL REDUCING THE POWER OVER THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE CAUSING IT TO BECOME AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY, HITTING TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS AND IMPACTED A SECOND TIME IN THE GRASS TO SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER STRIKING THE PROPELLER.