# Incident 20241023017049I: Verl Hebertson RANS S-6S, Grove, OK, October 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2024, 15:13 local time
- Place: Grove, OK
- Airport: Grove Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6067° N, 94.7386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROVE RGNL (GMJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6067&lon=-94.7386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N388WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N388WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Verl Hebertson RANS S-6S (registry code 056303W, https://openairdocs.org/model/verl-hebertson-rans-s-6s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VERL HEBERTSON RANS S-6S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 16 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241023017049I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/23/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:13 PM CST AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE GROVE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GMJ). THE AIRCRAFT HAD PERFORMED THREE TOUCH AND GO'S SUCCESSFULLY. ON THE FOURTH ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE CAUSING A HARD LANDING. THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLAPSED UPON THE PILOT TRYING TO RE-LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT SHEARED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID DOWN RUNWAY LEAVING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SHEARING ONE BLADE OFF COMPLETELY AND DAMAGING THE OTHER TWO BLADES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PREMATURELY REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE FAA INSPECTOR IN CHARGE ARRIVED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, AND THE WINDSHIELD. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT DISCLOSED THAT THE LAST CONDITION INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMED ON 06/01/2017.

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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