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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER · Provo, UT · August 16, 2019

Date: August 16, 2019 · 19:50 local
Place: Provo, UT
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N613DD
Reported as: Czech Sport Aircraft A S Sportcruiser
Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 520 total60 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N613DDRegistered now · Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISERS/N C0497 · Built 2014 Airframe modelCzech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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.

The newly certificated (single engine airplane land) private pilot returning from cross-country trip landed and bounced, then pushed forward on the stick to try and keep the airplane on the ground. The airplane touched down with the free castering nose wheel canted off center, and which produced a shear load sufficient to snap the bolts off of the wheel and separate it from the aircraft. The aircraft nose then impacted the runway, causing damage to the propeller and engine.

As the FAA filed it

THE NEWLY CERTIFICATED (SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE LAND) PRIVATE PILOT RETURNING FROM CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP LANDED AND BOUNCED, THEN PUSHED FORWARD ON THE STICK TO TRY AND KEEP THE AIRPLANE ON THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE FREE CASTERING NOSE WHEEL CANTED OFF CENTER, AND WHICH PRODUCED A SHEAR LOAD SUFFICIENT TO SNAP THE BOLTS OFF OF THE WHEEL AND SEPARATE IT FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE THEN IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE.

Other reports on N613DD · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20151002017629ILanding: Touchdown · Mesquite, TXAircraft departed (ADS) on an instructional flight for the PIC. The aircraft flew east performing basic maneuvers. Aircraft proceeded to Mesquite airport (hqz) to perform touch and go landings. The first landing was uneventful. During the second landing the…Oct 2, 2015 · Minor damage