# Incident 20250528005729I: Vorsas David RADIAL ROCKET, Lakeland, FL, May 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2025, 15:45 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Linder International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N385BV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N385BV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vorsas David RADIAL ROCKET (registry code 05628OH, https://openairdocs.org/model/vorsas-david-radial-rocket) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Vedeneyev M14P (registry code 63601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/vedeneyev-m14p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VORSAS DAVID RADIAL ROCKET
- Reported engine: VEDENEYEV M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 58 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250528005729I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT CONSISTED OF ONE LEG FROM BCT (BOCA RATON) TO LAL. ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAL RWY 28, THE PILOT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ROUNDING OUT THE DESCENT OVER THE THRESHOLD AND ADDED POWER TO FLATTEN OUT THE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE. HE THOUGHT HE WAS 2-3 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY SURFACE, BUT HE SAID HE WAS ACTUALLY 5 -6 FEET. ENGINE PARAMETERS 2000RPM @ 12-13 INHG. AS HE ROUNDED THE DESCENT, HE STATED THAT THE SINK RATE INCREASED AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, THE GEAR DEPARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED ON RWY 28. THIS IS WHEN THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND AS THE AIRCRFT SLID TO A STOP. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED, THE PILOT GOT OUT AND WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT WHEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE ARRIVED. THE PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE MESSED UP THE LANDING. I AM RECOMMENDING RETRAINING/REEXAMINATION 44709 BY OPS INSPECTOR UNLESS DETERMINED OTHERWISE

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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