# Incident 20250421005499I: Jablonski Jaron C RV-8, Fallbrook, CA, April 21, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Fallbrook, CA
- Airport: Fallbrook Community Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3547° N, 117.2503° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALLBROOK COMMUNITY AIRPARK (L18), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3547&lon=-117.2503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N849CJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N849CJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jablonski Jaron C RV-8 (registry code 056411Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/jablonski-jaron-c-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1B (registry code 41871, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JABLONSKI JARON C RV-8
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-M1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 35 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250421005499I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 21, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS CONDUCTING MANEUVERS AND TOUCH AND GO'S IN THE VICINITY OF FALLBROOK AIRPARK (L18). OWNER//PILOT HAD RECENTLY COME OUT OF PHASE 1 WITH A NEW HOME-BULT AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED ON HIS LANDING TO A FULL STOP THAT WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE BRAKES FORCED THE NOSE FORWARD ON THE CONVENTIONAL GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE TILTED FORWARD AND THE PROPELLER SPINNER HIT THE GROUND RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN ON RUNWAY 18 AND TOWED BACK TO PARKING. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO  INJURIES REPORTED.

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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