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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerojones Aviation USA AJ SPORT · Okeechobee, FL · August 3, 2025

Date
August 3, 2025 · 12:00 local
Place
Okeechobee, FL
Airport
Okeechobee County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N130AJ
Reported as
Aerojones Aviation USA AJ Sport
Reported engine
ROTAX 912 IS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total56 in this make and model40 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.

The pilot completed one touch-and-go landing and decided to perform another. The pilot did not initiate a flare in time, and the aircraft bounced. The pilot did not apply proper corrective action, and the aircraft bounced a second time. On the third bounce, the aircraft pitched up and then back onto the runway, at which point the nose gear collapsed. The pilot exited without injury.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT COMPLETED ONE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING AND DECIDED TO PERFORM ANOTHER. THE PILOT DID NOT INITIATE A FLARE IN TIME, AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. THE PILOT DID NOT APPLY PROPER CORRECTIVE ACTION, AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A SECOND TIME. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND THEN BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY, AT WHICH POINT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT EXITED WITHOUT INJURY.