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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Brietigam Charles T "Chuck" CHUCK'S RV-3C · Greeley, CO · March 8, 2020

Date
March 8, 2020 · 07:15 local
Place
Greeley, CO
Airport
Greeley-Weld County
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N87CT
Reported as
Brietigam Charles T "Chuck" CHUCK'S RV-3C
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

According to the pilot, upon touching down at the kgxy airport, it seemed like his brakes locked up as he slowed and neared a safe taxi speed. As a result, the airplane ended up coming to a rest on its nose, more specifically on the propeller blades.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, UPON TOUCHING DOWN AT THE KGXY AIRPORT, IT SEEMED LIKE HIS BRAKES LOCKED UP AS HE SLOWED AND NEARED A SAFE TAXI SPEED. AS A RESULT, THE AIRPLANE ENDED UP COMING TO A REST ON ITS NOSE, MORE SPECIFICALLY ON THE PROPELLER BLADES.