# Incident 20170512005369I: Slingsby SLNSBY-43, Torrance, CA, May 12, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2017, 17:00 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Zamperini Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8034° N, 118.3396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZAMPERINI FLD (TOA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8034&lon=-118.3396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288SL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288SL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airplane Factory Ltd The SLING (registry code 060009A, https://openairdocs.org/model/airplane-factory-ltd-the-sling) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SLINGSBY SLNSBY-43
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170512005369I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING AIRPLANE PORPOISED ON LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TO FOLD UP UNDER THE FUSELAGE BELLY. WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROP STRIKE.

## Other reports on N288SL (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20181025020859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181025020859A), Oct 25, 2018: Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd The SLING (N288SL), Carson City, NV, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed cxp at approximately 1005PST. Student pilot on second solo flight entered left traffic for touch and go. Pilot touched down nose low with a…
- [Incident 20160225020589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160225020589I), Feb 25, 2016: The Air Plane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING (N288SL), Carson City, NV, Minor damage. Student pilot was endorsed for first supervised solo flight at cxp on runway 09. Student pilot had flown twice around The cxp traffic pattern with no problems.…

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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