# Accident 20210812013699A: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Santa Monica, CA, August 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2021, 10:30 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0950° N, 118.2708° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0950&lon=-118.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N643JK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N643JK-2023-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA317) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210812013699A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT STATED SHE NOTICED THE CANOPY WAS NOT LATCHED WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 250 FEET.  SHE NOTIFIED THE TOWER, CLIMBED TO 1,400 FEET AND ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 21.  ABEAM THE NUMBERS THE SHE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR A SHORT APPROACH.  SHE REDUCED THE POWER AND BEGAN THE LANDING APPROACH KEEPING THE AIRSPEED BELOW 70 KNOTS.

UPON LINING UP WITH THE RUNWAY THE PILOT NOTICED SHE WAS A LITTLE HIGH SO SHE REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE THINKING THE AIRPLANE COULD GLIDE TO THE RUNWAY HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE DIDN?T GLIDE AS EXPECTED.  SHE STATED SHE TRIED TO LEVEL THE PLANE ON THE GLIDE PATH BUT THE CONTROLS WERE NOT EFFECTIVE. SHE STATED SHE PULLED THE STICK ALL THE WAY BACK BUT THE PLANE WAS STILL IN A NOSE-DOWN POSITION.  SHE STATED THE PLANE DIDN?T MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY AND LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR21LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA317), Aug 12, 2021: Czech Sport Piper Sport (N643JK), Santa Monica, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare.

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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