20230724011079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-30A · Roseburg, OR · July 24, 2023

Date
July 24, 2023 · 11:45 local
Place
Roseburg, OR
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N579SV
Reported as
Bellanca 17-30A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,202 total1,102 in this make and model1 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.

Pilot had not flown aircraft much recently. Pilot flying aircraft to regain currency. Pilot realized that the aircraft had excessive airspeed when turning final but did not adequately correct or go around. Pilot tried to force aircraft down and aircraft bounced/porpoised. On third contact with runway the nosewheel collapsed. Aircraft stopped on runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN AIRCRAFT MUCH RECENTLY. PILOT FLYING AIRCRAFT TO REGAIN CURRENCY. PILOT REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED WHEN TURNING FINAL BUT DID NOT ADEQUATELY CORRECT OR GO AROUND. PILOT TRIED TO FORCE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND AIRCRAFT BOUNCED/PORPOISED. ON THIRD CONTACT WITH RUNWAY THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON RUNWAY.