20170527004939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulf Coast Physics RADIAL ROCKET · Fort Pierce, FL · May 27, 2017

Date
May 27, 2017 · 14:22 local
Place
Fort Pierce, FL
Airport
Fort Pierce
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N743WP
Reported as
Gulf Coast Physics Radial Rocket
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total5 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.

Pilot was back taxiing on rwy 14 with permission from the tower when the main landing gear collapsed and caused the aircraft to spin and come to rest on the runway. Only minor damage occurred to the landing gear and there was no prop strike. No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS BACK TAXIING ON RWY 14 WITH PERMISSION FROM THE TOWER WHEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN AND COME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. ONLY MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE LANDING GEAR AND THERE WAS NO PROP STRIKE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.