# Incident 20250313003129I: Vans Aircraft RV-12, Portsmouth, NH, March 13, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2025, 11:50 local time
- Place: Portsmouth, NH
- Airport: Portsmouth International At Pease
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0779° N, 70.8233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTSMOUTH INTL AT PEASE (PSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0779&lon=-70.8233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N271VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N271VA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vans RV-12 (registry code 060009Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS AIRCRAFT RV-12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 60 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250313003129I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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