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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Arion LIGHTNING LS-1 · Marana, AZ · June 9, 2025

Date
June 9, 2025 · 15:00 local
Place
Marana, AZ
Airport
Tres Arroyos Airstrip
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N142AL
Reported as
Arion Lightning LS-1
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
192 total109 in this make and model31 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.

During the landing phase of flight aircraft bounced on touchdown. The pilot pushed the nose down and as the front of the plane contacted the ground and the front landing gear collapsed, damaging the lower colw propeller, spinner, and engine mounts.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN AND AS THE FRONT OF THE PLANE CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE FRONT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, DAMAGING THE LOWER COLW PROPELLER, SPINNER, AND ENGINE MOUNTS.