# Incident 20250902012049I: Pipestrel ALPHA TRAINER, Burlington, VT, September 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2025, 16:50 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802RP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N802RP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel D O O ALPHA TRAINER (registry code 06001C6, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-d-o-o-alpha-trainer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL2 (registry code 55574, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPESTREL ALPHA TRAINER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 11 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250902012049I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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