# Incident 20180719011669I: Farmer J C/Farmer E COZY MK-IV, Butler, PA, July 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2018, 20:30 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Farmer J C/Farmer E COZY MK-IV (registry code 05605DH, https://openairdocs.org/model/farmer-j-c-farmer-e-cozy-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FARMER J C/FARMER E COZY MK-IV
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 74 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/20180719011669I

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING AT BUTLER COUNTY AIRPORT, THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AT 65 KNOTS AIRSPEED AND 900 ENGINE RPM. THE PILOT LOOKED UP AND REALIZED THE VERTICAL DESCENT RATE WAS TOO FAST AND TRIED TO APPLY MORE POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED, DAMAGING THE WHEEL SKIRTS, DETACHING THE RIGHT BRAKE LINE FROM THE BRAKE DISC ASSEMBLY, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AT ALL THREE BLADES AT THE TIPS, AND CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE DOWN AND AFT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN FOLLOWING THE INITIAL BOUNCE. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT BROKE AWAY FROM THE TIRE YOKE ATTACH POINT AND THE LOWER FUSELAGE AREA IN FRONT OF THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET INTO THE GRASS TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD, THE PILOT, SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N93CF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200713015839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200713015839I), Jul 13, 2020: Farmer J C/Farmer E COZY MK-IV (N93CF), Butler, PA, Minor damage. Airman was doing landings in the traffic pattern and was distracted which subsequently lead to forgetting to extend the nose landing gear. While on downwind,…

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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