20241117016769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · BRM Aero BRISTELL S-LSA · Mt. Pocono, PA · November 17, 2024

Date
November 17, 2024 · 13:30 local
Place
Mt. Pocono, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N922BL
Reported as
BRM Aero Bristell S-LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student

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.

Pilot was operating in traffic pattern at Mt. Pocono airport and practicing landings. Pilot did a hard landing and taxied off the active runway and the nose wheel landing gear support broke in half, causing damage to the propeller and engine.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS OPERATING IN TRAFFIC PATTERN AT MT. POCONO AIRPORT AND PRACTICING LANDINGS. PILOT DID A HARD LANDING AND TAXIED OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR SUPPORT BROKE IN HALF, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE.