# Accident 20231231020819A: Golden Avio S R L F30, Midland, VA, December 31, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2023, 14:13 local time
- Place: Midland, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5863° N, 77.7106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5863&lon=-77.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Golden Avio S R L F30 (registry code 05632HY, https://openairdocs.org/model/golden-avio-s-r-l-f30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOLDEN AVIO S R L F30
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 211 total, 71 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231231020819A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 31, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200, A GOLDEN AVIO SRL F30 TOOK OFF FROM WARRENTON FAUQUIER AIRPORT (KHWY) FOR A LEISURE FLIGHT IN THE TAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AREA. THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A STOP AT TAPPAHANNOCK-ESSEX AIRFIELD (KXSA).  ON LANDING AT KXSA, AFTER THE FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED BACK UP BY A GUST OF WIND, THEN CAME BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY BOUNCING AND GETTING AIRBORNE AGAIN, THE SECOND CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY FELT HARD, SO THE PILOT DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND. WHILE GOING AROUND ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, THE PILOT DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO KHWY. ON LANDING AT KHWY, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SOFTLY ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, BUT WHEN THE NOSE STARTED SETTLING DOWN, IT WENT PAST THE HORIZON AND DOWN THEN THE PROP HIT THE ASPHALT AND THE PLANE STARTED SKIDDING WITH THE NOSE DOWN. THE PILOT APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE RIGHT TOE BRAKE AND STIRRED THE PLANE SLOWING DOWN TOWARDS THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT THEN MADE A QUICK EMERGENCY CALL TO NOTIFY PILOTS IN THE AIR AND ASK THE FBO FOR HELP, THEN SHUT DOWN THE MASTER, TOOK THE KEY OFF AND EXITED THE PLANE. THE SINGLE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.   AT THAT TIME THE FAA WAS NOTIFIED.

AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVELED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL, PROPELLER DAMAGE, ENGINE COWLING DAMAGE, AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING. THE NOSE TIRE ASSEMBLEY WAS MISSING BUT WAS LATER RECOVERED AT KXSA.  A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS REVEALED THAT ALL INSPECTIONS WERE CURRENT EXCEPT 14 CFR 91.413 TRANSPONDER CHECK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA084), Dec 31, 2023: Golden Avio S R L F30 Brio (N37GA), Midland, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in damage to, and the separation of the nose wheel and fork bracket assembly, and subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear…

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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