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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Umeno Hiroo VELOCITY · Friday Harbor, WA · August 31, 2019

Date
August 31, 2019 · 13:30 local
Place
Friday Harbor, WA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21HV
Reported as
Umeno Hiroo Velocity
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total85 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

On touchdown, pilot stated he landed hard and bounced a couple of feet into the air. After touching down again, the nose gear collapsed. Then the aircraft veered off the runway into the grass.

As the FAA filed it

ON TOUCHDOWN, PILOT STATED HE LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED A COUPLE OF FEET INTO THE AIR. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.