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 performing touch and goes landed hard on the nose gear. After the first bounce the pilot assumed he might have had a propeller strike because he was starting to get engine vibration. Aircraft bounced two more times before coming to a stop with a blown nose tire. Aircraft nose gear was damaged and the aircraft did suffer a propeller strike.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. AFTER THE FIRST BOUNCE THE PILOT ASSUMED HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A PROPELLER STRIKE BECAUSE HE WAS STARTING TO GET ENGINE VIBRATION. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP WITH A BLOWN NOSE TIRE. AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND THE AIRCRAFT DID SUFFER A PROPELLER STRIKE.
Other reports on N3386E · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.