# Incident 20211120019689I: Chasse Richard V SONEX, Auburn, ME, November 20, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2021, 14:53 local time
- Place: Auburn, ME
- Airport: Auburn-Lewiston Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0485° N, 70.2835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN/LEWISTON MUNI (LEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0485&lon=-70.2835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N313RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chasse Richard V SONEX (registry code 056285O, https://openairdocs.org/model/chasse-richard-v-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeroconver AEROVEE (registry code 01401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeroconver-aerovee) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHASSE RICHARD V SONEX
- Reported engine: AEROCONVER AEROVEE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211120019689I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE INCLUDING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL DELIVERY. ALTHOUGH THE ISSUES HAD BEEN RESOLVED, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE SEVERAL ?HIGH SPEED RUNS? DOWN THE RUNWAY TO VERIFY ENGINE OPERATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN TOOK OFF AND MADE A PATTERN CIRCUIT. DURING THE APPROACH SOUCY HAD DIFFICULTIES DURING THE FLARE AND MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE. SOUCY APPLIED POWER TO GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB.

SOUCY REDUCED POWER AND LANDING ON THE RUNWAY WITH A ?SOFT? LANDING. N313RC SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED ON OFF THE PAVED SURFACE TO THE LEFT ONTO THE GRASS FACING BACK DOWN THE RUNWAY.

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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