# Incident 20180730018349I: Close Jay G SONEX, Frankfort, KY, July 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2018, 14:45 local time
- Place: Frankfort, KY
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1817° N, 84.9068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (FFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1817&lon=-84.9068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N852JN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N852JN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Close Jay G SONEX (registry code 05623JI, https://openairdocs.org/model/close-jay-g-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Sonex AEROVEE-2.1 (registry code 58201, https://openairdocs.org/engine/sonex-aerovee-2-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLOSE JAY G SONEX
- Reported engine: SONEX AEROVEE 2.1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 449 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180730018349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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