# Incident 20170517005939I: Hoffer William A RV-6A, Pisgah Forest, NC, May 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2017, 10:25 local time
- Place: Pisgah Forest, NC
- Airport: Transylvania County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2543° N, 82.7001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pisgah Forest, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2543&lon=-82.7001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88707, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88707-2018-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hoffer William A RV-6A (registry code 05627IJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/hoffer-william-a-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOFFER WILLIAM A RV-6A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 603 total, 141 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170517005939I

## Narrative

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

ON 5/17/2017 AT 1025 EST, AN EXPERIMENTAL RV-6, N88707, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AFTER EXPERIENCING A BOUNCED LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT THE TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY AIRPORT IN BREVARD, NC. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED; NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS A LITTLE FAST (5-10 KTS) OVER HIS TARGET THRESHOLD CROSSING SPEED.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT BOUNCES CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR WHEN IT COLLAPSED UPON LANDING.   THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT PROPERLY TRIM THE AIRCRAFT WHICH MAY HAVE LED TO THE BOUNCE.  THE AIRCRAFT SKID TO A STOP WITH THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN JUST OFF OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB ID NOT ASSIGNED AS DAMAGE WAS CLASSIFIED AS MINOR.

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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