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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX · Fullerton, CA · April 15, 2021

Date: April 15, 2021 · 17:50 local
Place: Fullerton, CA
Airport: Fullerton Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N128GX
Reported as: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau Remos GX
Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 22 total21 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N128GXRegistered now · Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GXS/N 345 · Built 2009 Airframe modelRemos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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.

Pilot was too fast on final and reduced power to soon causing aircraft to drop approximately 50 to 100 AGL above runway. Aircraft touched down twice, on third touch down the nose gear collapsed and caused the tail to pitch up and force the propeller to come in contact with the ground,resulting in sudden engine stoppage. The pilot was able to egress without injury ,moments after egress, he returned to the aircraft and shutdown all vital systems.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS TOO FAST ON FINAL AND REDUCED POWER TO SOON CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO DROP APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 100 AGL ABOVE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN TWICE, ON THIRD TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND CAUSED THE TAIL TO PITCH UP AND FORCE THE PROPELLER TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND,RESULTING IN SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS WITHOUT INJURY ,MOMENTS AFTER EGRESS, HE RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUTDOWN ALL VITAL SYSTEMS.