20210501007669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ryan R Bendure HARMON ROCKET II · St. Joseph, MO · May 1, 2021

Date
May 1, 2021 · 11:30 local
Place
St. Joseph, MO
Airport
Rosecrans Memorial
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N77RM
Reported as
Ryan R Bendure Harmon Rocket II
Reported engine
Lycoming O-540-E4B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total540 in this make and model60 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.

Pilot was performing as part of a formation flight team at an airshow. Team was performing a tail stand at show center. Wind was from behind 20-30 mph, gusts 40 mph, pilot was unable to keep tail from coming up higher than desired during a gust and had the prop strike the ramp. Pilot was able to regain control and taxi to the tie down area.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PERFORMING AS PART OF A FORMATION FLIGHT TEAM AT AN AIRSHOW. TEAM WAS PERFORMING A TAIL STAND AT SHOW CENTER. WIND WAS FROM BEHIND 20-30 MPH, GUSTS 40 MPH, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP TAIL FROM COMING UP HIGHER THAN DESIRED DURING A GUST AND HAD THE PROP STRIKE THE RAMP. PILOT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND TAXI TO THE TIE DOWN AREA.