20240213001099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · BRM Aero S R O BRISTELL LSA · Chesterfield, MO · February 13, 2024

Date
February 13, 2024 · 08:14 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N445LM
Reported as
BRM Aero S R O Bristell LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
67 total62 in this make and model9 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.

Student pilot was conducting takeoff and landings. On the third landing attempt the aircraft porpoised 3 times resulting in a propeller strike and damage to the nose landing gear assembly.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED 3 TIMES RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY.