20211015017089I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pipistrel Italia S R L ALPHA TRAINER · Hickory, NC · October 15, 2021

Date
October 15, 2021 · 15:03 local
Place
Hickory, NC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N221PF
Reported as
Pipistrel Italia S R L Alpha Trainer
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
159 total7 in this make and model19 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.

Aircraft was landing runway 24 in Hickory, north carolina. The aircraft landed hard which resulted in a bounced landing. The aircraft hit nose first on a subsequent bounce. The nose tire went flat causing the propeller to strike the runway. The pilot secured the aircraft and the aircraft was towed off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING RUNWAY 24 IN HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD WHICH RESULTED IN A BOUNCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HIT NOSE FIRST ON A SUBSEQUENT BOUNCE. THE NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY.