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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Max Kay SPORTSMAN GS-2 · Friday Harbor, WA · June 29, 2023

Date
June 29, 2023 · 13:47 local
Place
Friday Harbor, WA
Airport
Friday Harbor
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41KS
Reported as
Max Kay Sportsman GS-2
Reported engine
Lycoming YIO-390 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,230 total57 in this make and model8 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.

Upon landing on runway 16, aircraft bounced and PIC attempted to recover the landing by putting the nose down. Aircraft bounced two more times and skidded to a complete stop halfway down the runway. Incident resulted with the propeller striking the runway and nose landing gear collapsing. No injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 16, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND PIC ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER THE LANDING BY PUTTING THE NOSE DOWN. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWO MORE TIMES AND SKIDDED TO A COMPLETE STOP HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. INCIDENT RESULTED WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING. NO INJURIES REPORTED.