# Incident 20170503013029I: Clapp William Merle KR2-S, Iowa City, IA, May 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2017, 09:15 local time
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Airport: Iowa City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6396° N, 91.5479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOWA CITY MUNI (IOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6396&lon=-91.5479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41768, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41768) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Clapp William Merle KR2-S (registry code 05617O8, https://openairdocs.org/model/clapp-william-merle-kr2-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLAPP WILLIAM MERLE KR2-S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,016 total, 1 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170503013029I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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