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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Felix Steve RANS S-6S · Lakeland, FL · April 9, 2018

Date
April 9, 2018 · 18:10 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N607PJ
Reported as
Felix Steve Rans S-6S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
153 total153 in this make and model

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.

During the sun-n-fun airshow at paradise city, the pilot was on final approach and heading west with the sun forward thus obscuring his forward vision.

Aircraft was slow and did not have energy to flare, airplane touched down and bounced a few times then NLG collapsed and aircraft flipped over on its back.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE SUN-N-FUN AIRSHOW AT PARADISE CITY, THE PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH AND HEADING WEST WITH THE SUN FORWARD THUS OBSCURING HIS FORWARD VISION.

AIRCRAFT WAS SLOW AND DID NOT HAVE ENERGY TO FLARE, AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED A FEW TIMES THEN NLG COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.