# Incident 20250821014789I: Nighthawk Aircraft LLC NH-2, Ravenna, OH, August 21, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2025, 19:40 local time
- Place: Ravenna, OH
- Airport: Portage County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2102° N, 81.2516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTAGE COUNTY (POV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2102&lon=-81.2516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86BZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86BZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nighthawk NH-2 (registry code 05641A9, https://openairdocs.org/model/nighthawk-nh-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Safran SR305-230 series (registry code 59994, https://openairdocs.org/engine/safran-sr305-230-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NIGHTHAWK AIRCRAFT LLC NH-2
- Reported engine: SAFRAN SR305-230 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,300 total, 360 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250821014789I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT REPORTED TO FSDO BY AIRPORT MANAGER. INCIDENT OCCURRED THE PREVIOUS EVENING. TRIED CONTACTING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO NO AVAIL. SENT REGISTERED MAIL TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED REPLY FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATING THE AIRCRAFT HAD A PROP STRIKE WITH NO OTHER OPERATIONAL DAMAGE. CITING 49 CFR PART 830.2, HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT MERITED FURTHER INVESTIGATION. SENT RESPONSE TO LAWYER CITING 49 CFR § 44709, ALLOWS FOR THE ADMINISTREATOR TO REINSPECT AT ANY TIME A CIVIL AIRCRAFT. AFTER THIS NOTICE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED THAT AFTER ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES OF PATTERN WORK, CREW EXECUTED A STANDARD PATTERN TOUCH AND GO LANDING. WHILE ON CROSSWING AND AT PATTERN ALTITUDE PIC INITIATED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. ONCE INITIATED THIS CALLED FOR A RETURN TO THE AIRPORT TO LAND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE TOUCH AND GO. PIC REPORTED THAT WHILE THE CHECKLIST WAS OUT AND IN USE THE CREW FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR. PIC ATTRIBUTED THIS TO BEING DISTRACTED BY A DISCUSSION ON DIVE BRAKE DEPLOYMENT AND PROPELLER SETTINGS. FIRST INDICATION OF THE GEAR UP CONDITION WAS THE BELLY SCRAPING ON THE RUNWAY. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. PIC REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONTROLABLE TO A STOP. DAMAGE OBSERVED TO THE PROPELLER AND THE NONSTRUCTURAL BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL BY DEFINITION.

## Other reports on N86BZ (1)

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

- [Incident 20250325003119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250325003119I), Mar 25, 2025: Nighthawk Aircraft LLC NH-2 (N86BZ), Leesburg, VA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed gear up.

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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