# Incident 20210415006039I: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, Fullerton, CA, April 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2021, 17:50 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128GX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N128GX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX (registry code 060006H, https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-acft-gmbh-flugzeugbau-remos-gx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMOS ACFT GMBH FLUGZEUGBAU REMOS GX
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 21 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210415006039I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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