# Incident 20230615009139I: Jonathan Sule VELOCITY V-TWIN, St. Augustine, FL, June 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2023, 11:47 local time
- Place: St. Augustine, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169VT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169VT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jonathan Sule VELOCITY V-TWIN (registry code 056340X, https://openairdocs.org/model/jonathan-sule-velocity-v-twin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-382 (registry code 59298, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-382) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JONATHAN SULE VELOCITY V-TWIN
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR IO-382
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230615009139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT:

X26D  KSGJ.  FLIGHT FOLLOWING TURNED ME OVER THE TOWER, WAS CLEARED TO LAND R31.  COMING IN RAN GUMPS 3X.  GEAR LIGHTS ALL GREEN.  APPROACH SPEED 100-105 KTS. IN GROUND EFFECT OVER NUMBERS.  MY NOSE SUDDENLY PITCHED UP AND I ASCENDED.  TRIED TO PUSH THE NOSE DOWN BUT FELL SUDDENLY AND LANDED TAIL LOW STRIKING PROP (PUSHER AIRPLANE), TIRES POPPED AND I LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  PLANE WAS CAREENING TO RIGHT OFF OF RUNWAY.  BLACK RUNWAY STRUCK LEFT OF FUSELAGE RIPPING LEFT CANARD AND GERS…  L MAIN WING …  …  …  I QUICKLY SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING THAN TURNED BACK ON MAIN/AVI TO SPEAK TO TOWER.  THAN EMERGENCY PPL ARRIVED AND I EXITED AIRPLANE.

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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