20230818013729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Deckard Dirk VANS RV8A · Englewood, CO · August 18, 2023

Date
August 18, 2023 · 13:40 local
Place
Englewood, CO
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N829DZ
Reported as
Deckard Dirk Vans RV8A
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
368 total5 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.

While landing after a part 91 flight the aircraft bounced once and then came down nose first damaging the propeller, nose gear, nose wheel fairing, and left-wing tip. Day VFR, one pilot onboard was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING AFTER A PART 91 FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE AND THEN CAME DOWN NOSE FIRST DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR, NOSE WHEEL FAIRING, AND LEFT-WING TIP. DAY VFR, ONE PILOT ONBOARD WAS NOT INJURED.