# Accident 20180815016819A: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Stuart, FL, August 15, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2214° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425AZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N425AZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815016819A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA18LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA220), Aug 15, 2018: Czech Sport Piper Sport (N425AZ), Stuart, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance inspection of the airplane's nose landing gear, which resulted in a nose landing gear collapse during landing due to cracking and corrosion.

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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