20250313003129I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Vans RV-12 · Portsmouth, NH · March 13, 2025

Date
March 13, 2025 · 11:50 local
Place
Portsmouth, NH
Airport
Portsmouth International At Pease
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N271VA
Reported as
Vans RV-12
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
80 total60 in this make and model17 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.

Pilot stated she had performed a few touch and go landings at a nearby airport and returned to psm. Attempting a landing on runway 16, pilot stated that the aircraft porpoised on flair and landed hard, slightly nose down. Aircraft came to rest on center line with a collapsed nose gear. Airframe damage assessment was determined to be minor.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED SHE HAD PERFORMED A FEW TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT A NEARBY AIRPORT AND RETURNED TO PSM. ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 16, PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON FLAIR AND LANDED HARD, SLIGHTLY NOSE DOWN. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON CENTER LINE WITH A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. AIRFRAME DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE MINOR.