20230131002619I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scott Robert J RV-9A · Goleta, CA · January 31, 2023

Date
January 31, 2023 · 12:20 local
Place
Goleta, CA
Airport
Santa Barbara Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N472RV
Reported as
Scott Robert J RV-9A
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
146 total5 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

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.

During touchdown at ksba on runway 15R, aircraft privacy data omitted, made a hard landing on the rear fixed landing gears causing the the nose landing gear to bend on impact.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TOUCHDOWN AT KSBA ON RUNWAY 15R, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE REAR FIXED LANDING GEARS CAUSING THE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO BEND ON IMPACT.