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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Czech Sport PIPER SPORT · Stuart, FL · August 15, 2018

Date
August 15, 2018 · 12:00 local
Place
Stuart, FL
Airport
Witham Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N425AZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA18LA220
Reported as
Czech Sport Piper Sport
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear collapse on rwy 16 at

Witham Field (sua). Normal landing, main gear, no hard landing. Upon nose whell toch down, rolled down runway approx 50FT when plane went down and prop hit ground, engine quit, plane skidded approx 100FT to a full stop. No injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON RWY 16 AT

WITHAM FIELD (SUA). NORMAL LANDING, MAIN GEAR, NO HARD LANDING. UPON NOSE WHELL TOCH DOWN, ROLLED DOWN RUNWAY APPROX 50FT WHEN PLANE WENT DOWN AND PROP HIT GROUND, ENGINE QUIT, PLANE SKIDDED APPROX 100FT TO A FULL STOP. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.