# Incident 20230629008759I: Max Kay SPORTSMAN GS-2, Friday Harbor, WA, June 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2023, 13:47 local time
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport: Friday Harbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5339° N, 123.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friday Harbor, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5339&lon=-123.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Max Kay SPORTSMAN GS-2 (registry code 056383X, https://openairdocs.org/model/max-kay-sportsman-gs-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming YIO-390 series (registry code 42418, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-yio-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAX KAY SPORTSMAN GS-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YIO-390 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,230 total, 57 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230629008759I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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