20200228000839A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 · Ocala, FL · February 28, 2020

Date
February 28, 2020 · 11:59 local
Place
Ocala, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N677NA
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20CA147
Reported as
Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
84 total84 in this make and model17 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.

As the plane landed it bounced. The pilot pushed the controls forward causing the plane to land on the nose. The plane started to porpoise, the prop then struck the runway and the nose landing gear broke off.

As the FAA filed it

AS THE PLANE LANDED IT BOUNCED. THE PILOT PUSHED THE CONTROLS FORWARD CAUSING THE PLANE TO LAND ON THE NOSE. THE PLANE STARTED TO PORPOISE, THE PROP THEN STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.