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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Flight Design CTSW · Van Nuys, CA · July 22, 2018

Date
July 22, 2018 · 13:55 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N988PB
Reported as
Flight Design Ctsw
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total520 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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.

Upon landing rollout the aircraft became unstablized. Nose gear tire ruptured and strut bent. Aircraft wing contacted runway surface and prop was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNSTABLIZED. NOSE GEAR TIRE RUPTURED AND STRUT BENT. AIRCRAFT WING CONTACTED RUNWAY SURFACE AND PROP WAS DAMAGED.