# Incident 20190622007779I: Pickett Paul ZENITH CH701, Mesa, AZ, June 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2019, 09:05 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N233EC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pickett Paul ZENITH CH701 (registry code 05629T3, https://openairdocs.org/model/pickett-paul-zenith-ch701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PICKETT PAUL ZENITH CH701
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 5 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190622007779I

## Narrative

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

ON 22 JUNE 2019, 1605Z / 0905MST AIRCRAFT N223EC, ZENITH CH701, AT FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (FFZ), WAS CONDUCTING SOME PATTERN OPERATIONS ON RUNWAY 22R.  PILOT STATED HE WAS ASSURED OF HIS LANDING ON APPROACH AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTER GROUND EFFECT WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED HE WAS STILL A LITTLE HIGH OFF THE RUNWAY 22R ROUGHLY 30 FEET, THE PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN A LITTLE WHEN HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT DROP TO THE RUNWAY WHICH INDUCED A PROP STRIKE.  THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND WAS CLEAR BY THE NTSB AFTER BEING REPORTED AT 1605Z.  THE CURRENT WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS KFFZ 221554Z 19009G 15KT 10SM CLR 29/08 A2983.  AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OVER TO HANGAR MM6 WHERE IT AWAITED INSPECTION BY THE FAA.  DURING INSPECTION IT WAS NOTICE THAT THERE IS RIPPING IN THE FIREWALL IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER AS SEATED FROM THE PILOTS VIEW.   CURRENTLY AWAITING CLASSIFICATION FROM THE NTSB FOR AN ACCIDENT NUMBER IF CLASSIFICATION CHANGES. NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD WAS 2 PEOPLE INCLUDING THE PILOT. NO INJURIES REPORTED.  THE PILOTS RECORDS SHOW THAT WE WAS CURRENT WITH IN THE PAST 90 DAYS AND HAS A CURRENT THIRD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.  THE PILOTS BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED ON 1/31/2018.  THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON RISK AND WEATHER FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH WIND SHEAR AND GUSTING CROSSWINDS.

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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