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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pralle Darrell G KITFOX SUPER SPORT · Enid, OK · June 13, 2018

Date: June 13, 2018 · 09:30 local
Place: Enid, OK
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N765DP
Reported as: Pralle Darrell G Kitfox Super Sport
Reported engine: ROTAX
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 428 total218 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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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.

On June 13, 2018 at approximately 0930 CST, a home built Kitfox supersport, aircraft registration number N765DP, experienced nose landing gear collapse during landing rollout. The pilot reported the airport traffic pattern was busy so he flew a tight pattern and his approach was higher and faster than normal. The aircraft landed hard and bounced causing the noss landing gear to collapse. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. Aircraft damage was limited to the engine cowling, propeller and nose landing gear. The pilot and passenger were not injured and there was no post crash fire.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 13, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 CST, A HOME BUILT KITFOX SUPERSPORT, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N765DP, EXPERIENCED NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN WAS BUSY SO HE FLEW A TIGHT PATTERN AND HIS APPROACH WAS HIGHER AND FASTER THAN NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED CAUSING THE NOSS LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINE COWLING, PROPELLER AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.