# Incident 20220712012489I: Diffenbaugh Alan Scott SPORTSMAN GS-2, Yellow Pine, ID, July 12, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2022, 20:19 local time
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Airport: Johnson Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9117° N, 115.4855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSON CREEK (3U2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9117&lon=-115.4855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814SL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814SL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diffenbaugh Alan Scott SPORTSMAN GS-2 (registry code 05630UC, https://openairdocs.org/model/diffenbaugh-alan-scott-sportsman-gs-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIFFENBAUGH ALAN SCOTT SPORTSMAN GS-2
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,112 total, 632 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220712012489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD MADE TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS ON THIS SAME FLIGHT TO LAND RUNWAY 19 (AS "RECOMMENDED" BY AIRPORT GUIDANCE PUBLISHED BY THE IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THAT HE HAD REVIEWED), BOTH OF WHICH RESULTED IN A SUCCESSFUL GO-AROUND DUE TO APPROACH INSTABILITY CAUSED BY GUSTY QUARTERING TAILWINDS.  ON HIS THIRD ATTEMPT HE FELT THAT "THE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT" WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 10'-20' ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND HE WAS THEN UNABLE TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM MAKING HARD CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.

THE GROUND CONTACT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE COLLAPSE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR.

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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