20241202021699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pipistrel D O O SINUS 912 · Jefferson, GA · December 2, 2024

Date
December 2, 2024 · 09:30 local
Place
Jefferson, GA
Airport
Jackson County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N178SM
Reported as
Pipistrel D O O Sinus 912
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL 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.

Upon landing the aircraft bounced several times then and came down on the nose gear. The nose gear wheel broke off, and the propeller impacted the runway and was damaged. There was no further damage to the aircraft other than the nose gear and the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES THEN AND CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL BROKE OFF, AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND WAS DAMAGED. THERE WAS NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN THE NOSE GEAR AND THE PROPELLER.