20250711013239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Commander 500-B · Kzph, FL · July 11, 2025

Date
July 11, 2025 · 13:45 local
Place
Kzph, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N329RS
Reported as
Aero Commander 500-B
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

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 opted for a short-field landing exercise, sink rate appeared slightly high, so throttle adjustments were made to stabilize descent without overcompensation.

A full-stall landing was achieved. Upon contact with the pavement surface just before the threshold, the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OPTED FOR A SHORT-FIELD LANDING EXERCISE, SINK RATE APPEARED SLIGHTLY HIGH, SO THROTTLE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO STABILIZE DESCENT WITHOUT OVERCOMPENSATION.

A FULL-STALL LANDING WAS ACHIEVED. UPON CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT SURFACE JUST BEFORE THE THRESHOLD, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.