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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pipestrel ALPHA TRAINER · Burlington, VT · September 2, 2025

Date: September 2, 2025 · 16:50 local
Place: Burlington, VT
Airport: Burlington International
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N802RP
Reported as: Pipestrel Alpha Trainer
Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL2
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 34 total11 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N802RPRegistered now · Pipistrel D O O ALPHA TRAINERS/N 1251 AT 912 LSA · Built 2024 Airframe modelPipistrel D O O ALPHA TRAINER Engine modelRotax 912UL24 cycle

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 is rated in gliders and was completing their first powered flight solo. Pilot stated they were approaching too fast and bounced the aircraft on landing. The pilot then tried to salvage the landing but decided against it adding power to go around but bounced two more times (three total). The pilot stated the third bounce was very hard and the tower directed the pilot to go around. The pilot climbed out and proceeded to make a normal pattern and landing. Upon shutdown the pilot noticed the damage to the propeller and nosewheel, wrote up the squawk and grounded the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT IS RATED IN GLIDERS AND WAS COMPLETING THEIR FIRST POWERED FLIGHT SOLO. PILOT STATED THEY WERE APPROACHING TOO FAST AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING. THE PILOT THEN TRIED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT ADDING POWER TO GO AROUND BUT BOUNCED TWO MORE TIMES (THREE TOTAL). THE PILOT STATED THE THIRD BOUNCE WAS VERY HARD AND THE TOWER DIRECTED THE PILOT TO GO AROUND. THE PILOT CLIMBED OUT AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE A NORMAL PATTERN AND LANDING. UPON SHUTDOWN THE PILOT NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSEWHEEL, WROTE UP THE SQUAWK AND GROUNDED THE AIRPLANE.