# Incident 20190713016129I: Staton Rocker T III XENOS MOTORGLIDER, Fort Meade, MD, July 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2019, 16:10 local time
- Place: Fort Meade, MD
- Airport: Tipton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1057° N, 76.7433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Meade, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1057&lon=-76.7433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32XS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32XS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Staton Rocker T III XENOS MOTORGLIDER (registry code 05627YY, https://openairdocs.org/model/staton-rocker-t-iii-xenos-motorglider) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STATON ROCKER T III XENOS MOTORGLIDER
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 269 total, 30 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/20190713016129I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 28 AT TIPTON AIRPORT (FME). DURING CLIMB, THE CANOPY OF THE AIRCRAFT CRACKED, PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON RUNWAY 28, UPON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL BROKE OFF THE STRUT AND THE PROP HIT THE GROUND.

WEATHER FROM WEATHER UNDERGROUND:

TEMP: 82F, DEW POINT: 66F, HUMIDITY: 58%, WIND: WNW, WIND SPEED: 5, WIND GUST: 0, PRESSURE: 29.8, PRECIP: 0.00

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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