# Incident 20230113000109I: Woods Steven W SONEX WAIEX, Merced, CA, January 13, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2023, 08:45 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Regional/Macready Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N209SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Woods Steven W SONEX WAIEX (registry code 05631EV, https://openairdocs.org/model/woods-steven-w-sonex-waiex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeroconver AEROVEE (registry code 01401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeroconver-aerovee) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WOODS STEVEN W SONEX WAIEX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 409 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230113000109I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 13, 2023, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT SONEX WAIEX WAS ON IT FIRST EVER FLIGHT WITH THE NEW OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE UP AND DOWN SHORTLY AFTER TOUCH DOWN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN RIGHT GEAR TO BENT AND ULTIMATELY STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE SURFACE.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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