# Incident 20230617014479I: Pipistrel D O O ALPHA TRAINER, Orangeburg, SC, June 17, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2023, 20:31 local time
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Airport: Orangeburg Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4569° N, 80.8594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGEBURG MUNI (OGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4569&lon=-80.8594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N470LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N470LP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel D O O ALPHA TRAINER (registry code 06001C6, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-d-o-o-alpha-trainer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL D O O ALPHA TRAINER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 386 total, 20 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230617014479I

## Narrative

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

EON-DRA MESSAGE: ORANGEBURG, SC (OGB): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PIPISTREL, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND PROP STRIKE ON RUNWAY 23. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO HANGAR F. LATE REPORT. POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 06/18/2023 0031Z

PILOT STATEMENT:

I WAS ON MY WAY TO OGB, 15MILES OUT, ADVISED BY ATC THERE IS NO TRAFFIC BETWEEN ME AND THE AIRPORT AND THAT THEY WERE CANCELING THE FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE. STARTED DESCENT AND BELOW 3000FT DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT, AS I WAS APPROACHING AIRPORT I WAS USING RNAV 23 CHART TO DESCENT SAFELY, TURNED ON THE LIGHTS FOR BETTER REFERENCE..EVERYTHING LOOKED ON THE SPOT, SLIPPED FORWARD TO LOOSE SOME ALTITUDE, RECOVERED FROM SLIP BEFORE APPROACHING THE RWY AT 55KT. TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 50KT, RETRACTED FLAPS AND WAS READY TO PULL ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN WHEN IT FELT ROUGH - HEAVY VIBRATION, UNEVEN MOVEMENT ON THE NOSE WHEEL WHICH MADE ME PULL NOSE UP, THEREFORE PORPOISE MOVEMENT. WHEN THE NOSE SETTLED BACK DOWN IT WAS MUCH LOWER AND THE AIRPLANE WAS VERY HARD TO CONTROL. I WAS PULLED CLOSE TO THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, AT THAT POINT MY ONLY GOAL WAS TO KEEP IT ON THE RUNWAY.  APPLIED PRESSURE ON BRAKES UNTIL FULL STOP, ADVISED ON COMMS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY ON THE RWY 23, SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND AVIONICS.

THE AIRPLANE WAS INSPECTED VISUALLY - OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER, AND THEN PUSHED OFF THE RUNWAY.

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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