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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stoddard Hamilton GS-1 · Marathon, FL · February 25, 2019

Date
February 25, 2019 · 17:48 local
Place
Marathon, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N498CF
Reported as
Stoddard Hamilton GS-1
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-D1F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot porpoised off the runway during initial touchdown, the pilot added power and bounced landed and the nose landing gear wheel broke off as aircraft stopped.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PORPOISED OFF THE RUNWAY DURING INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND BOUNCED LANDED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL BROKE OFF AS AIRCRAFT STOPPED.