20201201020519A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hutson John G STAR-LITE · San Antonio, TX · December 1, 2020

Date
December 1, 2020 · 12:37 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N322SL
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21LA079
Reported as
Hutson John G STAR-LITE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
708 total9 in this make and model6 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.

PIC landed 50 feet short of the runway on turf which was soft from previous days rain. Nose gear sank in the soft soil resulting in the aircraft to flip forward damaging nose gear, canopy and firewall.

As the FAA filed it

PIC LANDED 50 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON TURF WHICH WAS SOFT FROM PREVIOUS DAYS RAIN. NOSE GEAR SANK IN THE SOFT SOIL RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP FORWARD DAMAGING NOSE GEAR, CANOPY AND FIREWALL.

NTSB investigation

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