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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Phoenix Air Sro U-15 PHOENIX · Minden, NV · September 9, 2019

Date
September 9, 2019 · 08:00 local
Place
Minden, NV
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N443RM
Reported as
Phoenix Air Sro U-15 Phoenix
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total80 in this make and model20 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.

Pilot stated on third touch and go the aircraft had a different noise that distracted him causing him to exit the runway. Aircraft started bouncing and upon return to runway the pilot stated he applied the brakes too hard causing the aircraft to nose over striking the composite propeller on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED ON THIRD TOUCH AND GO THE AIRCRAFT HAD A DIFFERENT NOISE THAT DISTRACTED HIM CAUSING HIM TO EXIT THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT STARTED BOUNCING AND UPON RETURN TO RUNWAY THE PILOT STATED HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TOO HARD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER STRIKING THE COMPOSITE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY.