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FAA incident report · Close Jay G SONEX · Frankfort, KY · July 30, 2018

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Date
July 30, 2018 · 14:45 local
Place
Frankfort, KY
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N852JN
Reported as
Close Jay G Sonex
Reported engine
SONEX AEROVEE-2.1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
449 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days
N852JNRegistered now · Close Jay G SONEXS/N 0843 · Built 2017Airframe modelClose Jay G SONEXEngine modelSonex AEROVEE-2.1Reciprocating

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.

Pilot/builder of the aircraft was on his first flight in the aircraft. According to two eyewitnesses, the pilot carried too much speed on approach and started to porpoise upon touchdown. Pilot tried to save the landing instead of going around. The aircraft departed the paved surface exiting runway 7 to the left coming to rest approximately 150 feet from the runway edge near the VOR fence line in the grass. The aircraft suffered minor damage after departing the paved surface. The damage consisted of the left main landing gear with a break 1.5 inches above the axle. The propeller struck the grassy surface breaking one blade of two. The engine cowl suffered cracks just below the engine-air filter inlet and had grass in the cracks consistent with the aircraft being up on its nose. The left main wheel, axle and 1.5 inches of the main landing gear leg was approximately five feet to the rear of the left wing.

The weekend before the incident the incident pilot flew in the right seat of an aircraft of the same make and model with a private pilot. On the orientation flight the incident pilot sat in the right seat of the similar aircraft and did not have his own trim or engine controls. The private pilot stated in an interview that he manipulated the engine controls and trim for the incident pilot on the flight prior to the incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT/BUILDER OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT. ACCORDING TO TWO EYEWITNESSES, THE PILOT CARRIED TOO MUCH SPEED ON APPROACH AND STARTED TO PORPOISE UPON TOUCHDOWN. PILOT TRIED TO SAVE THE LANDING INSTEAD OF GOING AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE EXITING RUNWAY 7 TO THE LEFT COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY EDGE NEAR THE VOR FENCE LINE IN THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER DEPARTING THE PAVED SURFACE. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WITH A BREAK 1.5 INCHES ABOVE THE AXLE. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GRASSY SURFACE BREAKING ONE BLADE OF TWO. THE ENGINE COWL SUFFERED CRACKS JUST BELOW THE ENGINE-AIR FILTER INLET AND HAD GRASS IN THE CRACKS CONSISTENT WITH THE AIRCRAFT BEING UP ON ITS NOSE. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL, AXLE AND 1.5 INCHES OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG WAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET TO THE REAR OF THE LEFT WING.

THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE INCIDENT THE INCIDENT PILOT FLEW IN THE RIGHT SEAT OF AN AIRCRAFT OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL WITH A PRIVATE PILOT. ON THE ORIENTATION FLIGHT THE INCIDENT PILOT SAT IN THE RIGHT SEAT OF THE SIMILAR AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT HAVE HIS OWN TRIM OR ENGINE CONTROLS. THE PRIVATE PILOT STATED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT HE MANIPULATED THE ENGINE CONTROLS AND TRIM FOR THE INCIDENT PILOT ON THE FLIGHT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.