# Incident 20180628008749I: Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA, Poplar Grove, IL, June 28, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2018, 09:45 local time
- Place: Poplar Grove, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3491° N, 88.8418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poplar Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3491&lon=-88.8418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521NG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N521NG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airplane Factory SLING LSA (registry code 06001AV, https://openairdocs.org/model/airplane-factory-sling-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPLANE FACTORY (PTY) LTD SLING LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 187 total, 35 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180628008749I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 28, 2018 AT 0945 UTC THE NOSE WHEEL OF N521NG DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO A HARD LANDING BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC). THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME AND PROPELLER.

THE PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 30 AT POPLAR GROVE AIRPORT (C77) AT AN APPROACH SPEED OF 65 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE GROUND, HE HEARD A POP, AND THEN THE NOSE SANK TO THE PAVEMENT SUSTAINING MINOR PROP STRIKE DAMAGE. CONFLICTING VERBAL REPORTS FROM 2 DIFFERENT WITNESSES AND 1 WRITTEN REPORT FROM A THIRD WITNESS, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ,CLAIM THAT AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN N521NG APPEARED TO BOUNCE , UP AND BEGAN PROPOSING. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE AWAY AND ON THE FORTH BOUNCE IS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND AND ENCOUNTERED THE PROP STRIKE.

RC6 SKILL

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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