20200317001329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · William P Bresnan HATZ CLASSIC · Punta Gorda, FL · March 17, 2020

Date
March 17, 2020 · 12:18 local
Place
Punta Gorda, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N15FD
Reported as
William P Bresnan Hatz Classic
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
153 total72 in this make and model18 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 March 17, 2020, at approximately 12:18 EST, a Hatz Classic, s/n 099

Registered to privacy data omitted, while landing at charlotte county airport (pgd) FL, landed hard and bounced twice on the runway, causing the landing gear cabane to break, dragging the left wingtip on the runway. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft into the grass. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. There was only the pilot on board, who was uninjured. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The flight was operated iaw title at CFR part 91 operations.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 17, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:18 EST, A HATZ CLASSIC, S/N 099

REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE LANDING AT CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT (PGD) FL, LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED TWICE ON THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR CABANE TO BREAK, DRAGGING THE LEFT WINGTIP ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GRASS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THERE WAS ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD, WHO WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED IAW TITLE AT CFR PART 91 OPERATIONS.

Other reports on N15FD · 1

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