# Incident 20220716012399I: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, Lake Elmo, MN, July 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2022, 12:40 local time
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45222, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright 760A B D E&ET (registry code 67009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-760a-b-d-e-et) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3
- Reported engine: WRIGHT 760A B D E&ET
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,743 total, 65 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220716012399I

## Narrative

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

2022-07-16 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3 AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON NOSE DURING LANDING.

AIRCRAFT BALLOONED DURING LANDING AND TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON THE RUNWAY. HEAVY BRAKING WAS APPLIED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.  AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALMOST STOPPED THE TAIL CAME UP AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE WAS MINOR.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED PROPELLER STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO LOWER CYLINDERS.  AIRMAN COUNSELED ON ITEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GO AROUND PROCEDURES AND RUNWAY SELECTION.

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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