20250531005749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sling SLING LSA · Sedona, AZ · May 31, 2025

Date
May 31, 2025 · 14:00 local
Place
Sedona, AZ
Airport
Sedona
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N11855
Reported as
Sling Sling LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912 IS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total30 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot was landing at Sedona (sez) airport and bounced the aircraft. On the third bounce the nose gear collapsed and slid to a stop after sliding aproximatly 100 feet.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING AT SEDONA (SEZ) AIRPORT AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND SLID TO A STOP AFTER SLIDING APROXIMATLY 100 FEET.