20250413007949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Harmon John HARMON ROCKET 3 · Pickens, SC · April 13, 2025

Date
April 13, 2025 · 10:00 local
Place
Pickens, SC
Airport
Pickens County
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53HR
Reported as
Harmon John Harmon Rocket 3
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,716 total

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.

During landing roll-out, the pilot applied left and right brakes. The left brake failed causing the aircraft to veer to the right. When the aircraft was slowed to taxiing speed, the pilot applied both brakes again causing the tail to rise and the propeller struck the runway.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKES. THE LEFT BRAKE FAILED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO TAXIING SPEED, THE PILOT APPLIED BOTH BRAKES AGAIN CAUSING THE TAIL TO RISE AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY.