20250814016999A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Pipistrel D O O ALPHA TRAINER · Mesa, AZ · August 14, 2025

Date
August 14, 2025 · 09:51 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Fld
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N464LP
Reported as
Pipistrel D O O Alpha Trainer
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
186 total

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.

On a flight from avq to ffz pilot mnade an approach to ffz that resulted in a hard landing causing a gear collapse and prop strike.

Pilot was counseled on excess airspeed and decision-making skills associated with the landing process and when to go around. Included in the discussion were techniques associated with approach, flare, and touch-down focused on airspeed and aircraft control.

As the FAA filed it

ON A FLIGHT FROM AVQ TO FFZ PILOT MNADE AN APPROACH TO FFZ THAT RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING CAUSING A GEAR COLLAPSE AND PROP STRIKE.

PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON EXCESS AIRSPEED AND DECISION-MAKING SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANDING PROCESS AND WHEN TO GO AROUND. INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION WERE TECHNIQUES ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACH, FLARE, AND TOUCH-DOWN FOCUSED ON AIRSPEED AND AIRCRAFT CONTROL.

Other reports on N464LP · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.