# Incident 20200711004769I: Hyden William Perry CH 750 CRUZER, Marion, IL, July 11, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2020, 07:40 local time
- Place: Marion, IL
- Airport: Veterans Memorial Airport Of S
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7550° N, 89.0111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VETERANS AIRPORT OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7550&lon=-89.0111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N217PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hyden William Perry CH 750 CRUZER (registry code 05638VL, https://openairdocs.org/model/hyden-william-perry-ch-750-cruzer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ulpower UL350IS (registry code 62000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ulpower-ul350is) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HYDEN WILLIAM PERRY CH 750 CRUZER
- Reported engine: ULPOWER UL350IS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200711004769I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 11, 2020 AT AROUND 0740 CST N217PH, A ZENITH CH-750 EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON RUNWAY 02 AT VETERANS MEMORIAL AIRPORT OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MWA).  THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR.  HE STATED THAT HE OVER CORRECTED FOR THE BOUNCE WHICH LED TO THE AIRCRAFT ENTERING A "PORPOISE" DOWN THE RUNWAY.  BEFORE THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE "PORPOISE" THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N217PH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20241217020219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241217020219I), Dec 17, 2024: Zenith CH 750 (N217PH), Marion, IL, Minor damage. Pilot of [privacy data omitted] was high and slow on approach and landed hard.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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