# Incident 20210502005299I: Rains Thomas D GS-2 SPORTSMAN, Williamsburg, VA, May 2, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2021, 09:51 local time
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2689° N, 76.7087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Williamsburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2689&lon=-76.7087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N899TR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N899TR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rains Thomas D GS-2 SPORTSMAN (registry code 05623DI, https://openairdocs.org/model/rains-thomas-d-gs-2-sportsman) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390 series (registry code 41678, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAINS THOMAS D GS-2 SPORTSMAN
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-390 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 65 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210502005299I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 2, 2021 AT 0951 LOCAL, N899TR EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT JGG, AIRPORT.  THE FIXED WING STUDENT REPORTED BOUNCING SEVERAL TIMES DURING LANDING AND HEARING OR FEELING DAMAGE IN THE NOSE AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AND DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT, A PROP STRIKE AND A HOLE IN THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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