What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilots reported that after a series of touch and go practices, a power-off 180 was demonstrated with a left traffic pattern on runway 4L at jrf airport. The pilots reported an unexpected high sink rate was experienced on short final. Throttle was immediately increased and the airplane was controlled to pitch further up. Both pilots reported the airplane resulted in a hard landing into a bounce. They further explained that after the bounce, the airplane continued into the left traffic pattern into a full stop landing on 4L. Upon landing and taxiing to the side of the runway. The pilots reported the nose and left main tires were discovered flat.
Adsb tracks of the airplane show a series of left traffic patterns for runway 4L.
Pictures were taken on December 21, 2023, by an inspector, then sent to NTSB. NTSB ruled the event as an accident due to the pictures showing substantial damage of the center of the lower firewall panel buckled, which extended to the lower part of the upper firewall panel. Other damages, seen in the pictures and described by the inspector, were wrinkled skin below the left door and towards the back of the cabin. There were also some popped rivets from a bracket that attached the nose gear. Pictures of the disconnected engine and propeller assembly do not show any damage. Pictures of detached wings, vertical and horizontal stabilizers do not show damages. Pictures of the detached main landing gears show left main strut slightly bent more than the right main landing strut. Pictures of the nose and left main tires show large tears to their sides.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOTS REPORTED THAT AFTER A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO PRACTICES, A POWER-OFF 180 WAS DEMONSTRATED WITH A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN ON RUNWAY 4L AT JRF AIRPORT. THE PILOTS REPORTED AN UNEXPECTED HIGH SINK RATE WAS EXPERIENCED ON SHORT FINAL. THROTTLE WAS IMMEDIATELY INCREASED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS CONTROLLED TO PITCH FURTHER UP. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED THE AIRPLANE RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING INTO A BOUNCE. THEY FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT AFTER THE BOUNCE, THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED INTO THE LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN INTO A FULL STOP LANDING ON 4L. UPON LANDING AND TAXIING TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOTS REPORTED THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN TIRES WERE DISCOVERED FLAT.
ADSB TRACKS OF THE AIRPLANE SHOW A SERIES OF LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERNS FOR RUNWAY 4L.
PICTURES WERE TAKEN ON DECEMBER 21, 2023, BY AN INSPECTOR, THEN SENT TO NTSB. NTSB RULED THE EVENT AS AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE PICTURES SHOWING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OF THE CENTER OF THE LOWER FIREWALL PANEL BUCKLED, WHICH EXTENDED TO THE LOWER PART OF THE UPPER FIREWALL PANEL. OTHER DAMAGES, SEEN IN THE PICTURES AND DESCRIBED BY THE INSPECTOR, WERE WRINKLED SKIN BELOW THE LEFT DOOR AND TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE CABIN. THERE WERE ALSO SOME POPPED RIVETS FROM A BRACKET THAT ATTACHED THE NOSE GEAR. PICTURES OF THE DISCONNECTED ENGINE AND PROPELLER ASSEMBLY DO NOT SHOW ANY DAMAGE. PICTURES OF DETACHED WINGS, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS DO NOT SHOW DAMAGES. PICTURES OF THE DETACHED MAIN LANDING GEARS SHOW LEFT MAIN STRUT SLIGHTLY BENT MORE THAN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING STRUT. PICTURES OF THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN TIRES SHOW LARGE TEARS TO THEIR SIDES.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.