# Incident 20230126007259I: Sprague Joseph W VANS RV-4, Jacksonville, FL, January 26, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2023, 09:30 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43530, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43530) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sprague Joseph W VANS RV-4 (registry code 05608UK, https://openairdocs.org/model/sprague-joseph-w-vans-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPRAGUE JOSEPH W VANS RV-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 45 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230126007259I

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WINDY HE WAS PRPERLY ESTABLISHED ON FINAL AND ON A STABLE APPROACH. HIS ROUNDOUT TO LANDING WAS AS USUAL BUT THE LANDING WAS HARD. THE HARDER THAN USUAL LANDING MADE THE PROPELLER STRIKE THE PAVEMENT AND BENT.

## Other reports on N43530 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010201000679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010201000679I), Feb 1, 2001: Amtr VANSRV4 (N43530), Morganfield, KY, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that during landing rollout, he was temporarily blinded by the sun. The a/c drifted to the right side of the "sod" runway where the a/c's…

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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