# Incident 20190530005469I: Rick L Kertson PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER, Bartlesville, OK, May 30, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2019, 20:00 local time
- Place: Bartlesville, OK
- Airport: Bartlesville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7634° N, 96.0112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARTLESVILLE MUNI (BVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7634&lon=-96.0112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N847FQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N847FQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rick L Kertson PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (registry code 05637LY, https://openairdocs.org/model/rick-l-kertson-pietenpol-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotec R2800 (registry code 55600, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotec-r2800) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RICK L KERTSON PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER
- Reported engine: ROTEC R2800
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 1 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190530005469I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/31/2019 RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE ROC OF AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED THE PREVIOUS EVENING. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 CDT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE ABOVE EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS INITIAL TEST FLIGHT. THE 30 MINUTE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL AND WITHOUT ISSUE AND THE PILOT EXECUTED A THREE POINT LANDING THEN GROUND LOOPED ON ROLL OUT. NO INJURIES REPORTED AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT HAD OCCURRED. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO R/H WING TIP SCRAPE, PROPELLER TIP DAMAGE AND R/H LANDING GEAR.

FINAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED WELD FAILURE AT AXLE TO FLANGE AREA DUE TO EITHER FILLER ROD COMPOSITION, POOR PENETRATION AND OVERALL WELDMENT DESIGN. THE BUILDER STATED THAT HE MODIFIED THE AXLES/FLANGE AREA TO ACCOMMODATE ALUMINUM BOLT ON AXLES AND OXY-ACETYLENE WELDED. NO ISSUES NOTED WITH PILOT OR AIRCRAFT RECORDS AND THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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