# Incident 20250710010279I: Ellison James M RV-7A, Spring, TX, July 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2025, 11:10 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N696JE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N696JE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ellison James M RV-7A (registry code 05631KI, https://openairdocs.org/model/ellison-james-m-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Eci IOX-360 (registry code 24700, https://openairdocs.org/engine/eci-iox-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ELLISON JAMES M RV-7A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total, 296 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250710010279I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 10TH 2025 AT 1110 HOURS, RV-7 AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING FROM T51 TO DHW WHICH IS AN APPROXIMATE 5 MINUTE FLIGHT TO GO INTO A MAINTENANCE SHOP FOR A SCHEDULED PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTION. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH NO WIND ISSUES. UPON LANDING, THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS HEIGHT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME IN HIGH WHICH CAUSED THE PILOT TO FLARE TOO HIGH AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF AIRSPEED BEFORE THE PILOT COULD ADD THROTTLE AND ADJUST. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DROP QUICKLY RESULTING IN A HARD BOUNCE. UPON COMING DOWN ON THE SECOND HARD BOUNCE, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE ON THE NOSE. THE PILOT USING RUDDER STEERING DIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE CENTER GRASS AREA VERSUS TO SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY TO AVOID MORE SEVERE DAMAGE AND FIRE RISK.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR RAMP. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTED AT THE SCENE. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMED. AFTER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WHILE THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT, THIS WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS AN INCIDENT AND NOT AND ACCIDENT. THE REASON FOR THIS IS PER 49 CFR 8030.2, THE PARTS WHICH WERE DAMAGED (PROPELLER BLADES,

LANDING GEAR, WING TIP AND FAIRINGS) ARE NOT CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PART. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOTED ON FIREWALL, FUSELAGE OR WINGS.

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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