20220401004849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Carter William R O RV-6A · Fort Myers, FL · April 1, 2022

Date
April 1, 2022 · 17:05 local
Place
Fort Myers, FL
Airport
Page Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N534WC
Reported as
Carter William R O RV-6A
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

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.

Very low time student pilot and instructor practicing touch and go landings, experienced a hard landing, and continued with the take off. During the next landing, the NLG partially collapsed and the aircraft exited the runway. The only noted damage was the NLG strut.

As the FAA filed it

VERY LOW TIME STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING, AND CONTINUED WITH THE TAKE OFF. DURING THE NEXT LANDING, THE NLG PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY. THE ONLY NOTED DAMAGE WAS THE NLG STRUT.