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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Donald E Eccker RANS S7 · Pacoima, CA · February 19, 2025

Date: February 19, 2025 · 10:55 local
Place: Pacoima, CA
Airport: Whiteman
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N402W
Reported as: Donald E Eccker Rans S7
Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,196 total419 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N402WRegistered now · Donald E Eccker RANS S7S/N 0113586 · Built 2015 Airframe modelDonald E Eccker RANS S7 Engine modelRotax 912S series4 cycle

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.

The aircraft, privacy data omitted, landing at whitman (whp) airport on runway 12, touched down on the RH main gear with smoke coming from the tire, the aircraft bounced, again touching down on the RH main gear with smoke from the tire followed by the LH main gear touching down with no smoke from the tire. The aircraft veered to the right and the aircraft flipped forward landing on its back, off the righthand side of the runway. Both main wheels spun freely during post incident inspection. The RH main landing gear tire has two flat spots on the tread.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDING AT WHITMAN (WHP) AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 12, TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RH MAIN GEAR WITH SMOKE COMING FROM THE TIRE, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, AGAIN TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RH MAIN GEAR WITH SMOKE FROM THE TIRE FOLLOWED BY THE LH MAIN GEAR TOUCHING DOWN WITH NO SMOKE FROM THE TIRE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED FORWARD LANDING ON ITS BACK, OFF THE RIGHTHAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. BOTH MAIN WHEELS SPUN FREELY DURING POST INCIDENT INSPECTION. THE RH MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE HAS TWO FLAT SPOTS ON THE TREAD.