# Incident 20180906019029I: Aeropro Cz S R O A240, Titusville, FL, September 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2018, 12:35 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5729° N, 80.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Titusville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5729&lon=-80.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6177, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeropro CZ S R O A240 (registry code 060006U, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeropro-cz-s-r-o-a240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROPRO CZ S R O A240
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180906019029I

## Narrative

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

ON 09/06/2018 AROUND 1030, STUDENT PILOT TOOK OFF FROM TITUSVILLE AIRPORT (TIX) FOR HIS SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT HAD NO ISSUES WHEN  LANDING BACK AT TIX THE NOSE GEAR TUBE BROKE ON TOUCH DOWN AND RESULT IN THE PROP AND NOSE LANDING GEAR BEING DESTROYED, LOWER ENGINE COWLING DAMAGE.  NO OTHER SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOUND. NO INJURIES OCCURRED IN THIS INCIDENT. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR TUBE MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENT WELDS AT THE TUBE JOINT THAT BROKE.

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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