What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On September 5, 2025 at approx. 16:20 pm local time privacy data omitted sustained a tail strike while landing at Chicago Executive Airport (kpwk).
The pilot in command was providing flight instruction and it was the students first attempted landing. The instructor informed the student pilot that the airspeed was getting slow and they should make corrections. The student pilot kept pulling back on the controls. The PIC then initiated a go around right as the tail struck the runway.
The aircraft sustaned minor damage to the lower empannage and lower rudder end cap fairing with the aft tie down ring was abraded on the circular loop, empennage skin was deformed in an upwards direction, lower empennage close-out bulkhead exhibited rearward deformation in the vertical web, and the lower rudder fairing cap was cracked with multiple missing area of missing material at the 6 o’clock position.
As the FAA filed it
ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 AT APPROX. 16:20 PM LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED A TAIL STRIKE WHILE LANDING AT CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KPWK).
THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AND IT WAS THE STUDENTS FIRST ATTEMPTED LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR INFORMED THE STUDENT PILOT THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS GETTING SLOW AND THEY SHOULD MAKE CORRECTIONS. THE STUDENT PILOT KEPT PULLING BACK ON THE CONTROLS. THE PIC THEN INITIATED A GO AROUND RIGHT AS THE TAIL STRUCK THE RUNWAY.
THE AIRCRAFT SUSTANED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER EMPANNAGE AND LOWER RUDDER END CAP FAIRING WITH THE AFT TIE DOWN RING WAS ABRADED ON THE CIRCULAR LOOP, EMPENNAGE SKIN WAS DEFORMED IN AN UPWARDS DIRECTION, LOWER EMPENNAGE CLOSE-OUT BULKHEAD EXHIBITED REARWARD DEFORMATION IN THE VERTICAL WEB, AND THE LOWER RUDDER FAIRING CAP WAS CRACKED WITH MULTIPLE MISSING AREA OF MISSING MATERIAL AT THE 6 O’CLOCK POSITION.