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Date
March 24, 2025 · 11:40 local
Place
San Angelo, TX
Airport
San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1119H
Reported as
Stauss Herman W Avid HVY Hauler Mkiv
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1 in this make and model
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.
On March 24, 2025, at 11:40 CDT, an experimental Stauss Herman W Avid Hvy Hauler Mkiv with tricycle gear departed from the San Angelo regional airport-Mathis (sjt) for a local test flight, after purchasing the aircraft. After the test flight was completed, upon landing back at (sjt) the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot was uninjured. The flight was conducted in VMC conditions.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 24, 2025, AT 11:40 CDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL STAUSS HERMAN W AVID HVY HAULER MKIV WITH TRICYCLE GEAR DEPARTED FROM THE SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT-MATHIS (SJT) FOR A LOCAL TEST FLIGHT, AFTER PURCHASING THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE TEST FLIGHT WAS COMPLETED, UPON LANDING BACK AT (SJT) THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN VMC CONDITIONS.