# Incident 20250324001839I: Stauss Herman W AVID HVY HAULER MKIV, San Angelo, TX, March 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2025, 11:40 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3577° N, 100.4963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANGELO RGNL/MATHIS FLD (SJT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3577&lon=-100.4963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1119H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STAUSS HERMAN W AVID HVY HAULER MKIV
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250324001839I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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