# Incident 20190421003209I: King Flite Inc IBRAHIM, Merritt Island, FL, April 21, 2019 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 21, 2019, 12:42 local time - Place: Merritt Island, FL - Airport: Merritt Island - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10 - Aircraft: N18WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18WN) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: King Flite IBRAHIM (registry code 05610TM, https://openairdocs.org/model/king-flite-ibrahim) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: KING FLITE INC IBRAHIM - Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190421003209I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON APRIL 21 AT APPROXIMATELY 1642 UTC (1242 EDT), N18WN A HOME BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, HAD A COLLAPSE OF THEIR LANDING GEAR UPON TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 29 AT MERRIT ISLAND AIRPORT (KCOI). THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR BECAME AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND CONTACTED THE FAA REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER TO NOTIFY OF THE SITUATION. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, AND THE PILOT DID NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL. BY THE TIME THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE OWNER OF N18WN HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY AND PLACED IT IN HIS HANGER LOCATED IN THE NORTH HANGERS AT KCOI. ON APRIL 25, 2019 THE FAA IIC ARRIVED ON-SCENE TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE OF N18WN. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD SEPARATED AT THE STRUT ATTACH POINTS, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS STILL ATTACHED BUT WAS BENT AFT AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 80 DEGREES, AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BENT AFT APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES. EACH OF THE FOUR PROPELLER BLADES WERE SHEARED OFF AT APPROXIMATELY HALF LENGTH. THE ENGINE BAFFLES WERE NO LONGER SEALED INDICATING MOVEMENT OF THE ENGINE FROM THE IMPACT. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED, AND THE PITOT TUBE UNDER THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION THE FORWARD ENGINE FIREWALL DID NOT INDICATE ANY WRINKLING OR DAMAGE. THE TOP AND UNDERSIDE OF EACH WING DID NOT INDICATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. EACH MAIN GEAR HOUSING BOX WITHIN THE WINGS DID NOT INDICATE ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. NO DAMAGE TO THE PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES WAS EVIDENT. ON APRIL 24, 2019 A WITNESS TO THE EVENT CAME FORWARD AND PROVIDED A STATEMENT. THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY APPEARED NORMAL; HOWEVER, UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED RATHER HIGH, APPROXIMATELY 4-6 FEET IN THE AIR, THEN IMPACTED THE SURFACE CAUSING THE GEAR COLLAPSE. ## Other reports on N18WN (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20241029016899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241029016899I), Oct 29, 2024: King Flite Inc IBRAHIM (N18WN), Merritt Island, FL, Minor damage. This aircraft sustained minor damage when the pilot lost control after the nose landing gear collapsed. Aircraft veered off the runway while landing at runway… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.