# Incident 20180726018749I: Hall W/Stripling C VANS RV7-A, Jacksonville, FL, July 26, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2018, 13:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3455, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3455) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hall W/Stripling C VANS RV7-A (registry code 056274C, https://openairdocs.org/model/hall-w-stripling-c-vans-rv7-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HALL W/STRIPLING C VANS RV7-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 5,437 total, 12 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180726018749I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 23. AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON LANDING AND STRUCK NOSE GEAR FIRST RESULTING IN BREAKING THE GEAR. AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO EXIT RUNWAY UNDER ITS OWN POWER. PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE SLIGHTLY BENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

PILOT REPORTED: I APPROACHED CRG/RUNWAY 23 IN A  REGULAR APPROACH. THE FLARE WAS TO HIGH THUS THE TOUCHDOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS HEAVY, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSE.

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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