# Accident 20230618008549A: Volato 400, Dbn, GA, June 18, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2023, 13:45 local time
- Place: Dbn, GA
- Airport: W H 'Bud' Barron
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5647° N, 82.9850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at W H 'BUD' BARRON (DBN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5647&lon=-82.9850&mi=10
- Aircraft: PR ZVL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VOLATO 400
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YIO-390EXP109
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 229 total, 12 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230618008549A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 19, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:45, A BRAZILIAN BUILT AIRCRAFT MAKE; VOLATO, MODEL; 400, WITH MARKINGS; PR-ZVL, ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT BARON FIELD DUBLIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN DUBLIN, GEORGIA WEATHER WAS VMC AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN INSIDE THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD, PILOT REPORTED THAT HE COULD NOT STOP THE EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCEND ON APPROACH. THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF ALLOWING THE NOSE STRUT TO DIG INTO THE ASPHALT APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES DEEP CAUSING THE NOSE STRUT TO COLLAPSE AND CONTINUE DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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