# Accident 20181025020859A: Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd The SLING, Carson City, NV, October 25, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2018, 10:35 local time
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1928° N, 119.7353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1928&lon=-119.7353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288SL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288SL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airplane Factory Ltd The SLING (registry code 060009A, https://openairdocs.org/model/airplane-factory-ltd-the-sling) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPLANE FACTORY (PTY) LTD THE SLING
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 21 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181025020859A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CXP AT APPROXIMATELY 1005PST.

STUDENT PILOT ON SECOND SOLO FLIGHT ENTERED LEFT TRAFFIC FOR TOUCH AND GO.

PILOT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE LOW WITH A HARD LANDING.  AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 2 TIMES, PILOT APPLIED TAKE OFF POWER AND EXECUTED A TOUCH AND GO DEPARTURE.

ON SUBSIQUINT, DOWNWIND LEG STUDENT PILOT FELT RUDDER CONTROLS WERE INOPERATIVE.

STUDENT PILOT SET UP TO LAND AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATLY WITH FLAPS AT SETTING NUMBER 2.

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON CENTER LINE JUST PAST THE 1000 FOOT MARKER AND IMMEDIATELY VEIRED RIGHT WITH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AND PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND RESULTING IN PROPELLER DAMAGE, ENGINE MOUNT DAMAGE, LANDING GEAR AND SLIGHT ABRAISEN TO THE LEFT WING TIP.

AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 28 DEGREES OFF RUNWAY HEADING 20 FEET RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.

AIRPORT MAINTENANCE MANAGER ASSISTED PILOT IN EXITING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA19CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA036), Oct 25, 2018: Airplane Factory Sport Light (N288SL), Carson City, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N288SL (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170512005369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170512005369I), May 12, 2017: Slingsby SLNSBY-43 (N288SL), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. During landing airplane porpoised on landing which caused the nose gear strut to fold up under the fuselage belly. Which resulted in the prop strike.
- [Incident 20160225020589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160225020589I), Feb 25, 2016: The Air Plane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING (N288SL), Carson City, NV, Minor damage. Student pilot was endorsed for first supervised solo flight at cxp on runway 09. Student pilot had flown twice around The cxp traffic pattern with no problems.…

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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