# Incident 20220211001609I: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, Portsmouth, NH, February 11, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2022, 14:50 local time
- Place: Portsmouth, NH
- Airport: Portsmouth International Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0779° N, 70.8233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTSMOUTH INTL AT PEASE (PSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0779&lon=-70.8233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N311VA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vans RV-12 (registry code 060009Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-12
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220211001609I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING TO KPSM RUNWAY 34 FROM A SOLO FLIGHT DUE TO REPORTED INCREASING WINDS AND GUSTS. DURING THE LANDING THE PLANE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL STRONG GUSTS OF WIND. THE PLANE  BOUNCED THE LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE PLANE BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. IN SO DOING, THE NOSEGEAR WAS OVERSTRESSED AND BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY THROUGHOUT THE EPISODE.

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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