20200217002479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Miller Scott A ZENITH CH750 CRUZER · Irvington, AL · February 17, 2020

Date
February 17, 2020 · 17:20 local
Place
Irvington, AL
Airport
Dale O Galer Aerodrome
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N706SM
Reported as
Miller Scott A Zenith CH750 Cruzer
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
18,600 total9 in this make and model29 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.

CFI pilot was flying phase one flight testing with the intention of privacy data omitted / builder transition training at later date. Pilot conducted flight maneuvers intending both paved runway and grass runway landings. On rollout the landing of the first grass touchdown the aircraft sank in the muddy soft field, collapsing the nose gear strut with one blade propeller strike and breaking aft. No other damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

CFI PILOT WAS FLYING PHASE ONE FLIGHT TESTING WITH THE INTENTION OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ / BUILDER TRANSITION TRAINING AT LATER DATE. PILOT CONDUCTED FLIGHT MANEUVERS INTENDING BOTH PAVED RUNWAY AND GRASS RUNWAY LANDINGS. ON ROLLOUT THE LANDING OF THE FIRST GRASS TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN THE MUDDY SOFT FIELD, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WITH ONE BLADE PROPELLER STRIKE AND BREAKING AFT. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.